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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1981 DHUL QA’ADA 10, 1401 AJL 


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In Paris today 

T ahd, Mitterrand meet 


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\RIS, Sept. 7 (Agencies) — Crown 
:e Fahd arrived here Monday for talks 
;-t French President Francois Mitterrand. 
Yerrand will entertain Prince Fahd to 
h after holding talks, he added, 
ic French president is due to visit Saudi 
->ia later this month. Mitterrand has 
idy received visits from the deputy prime 
srer of Iraq, the ruler of Qatar and King 
so in of Jordan. 

re socialist administration wants to build 
ranee’s position in the Middle East as an 
.*st broker between Arabs 'and Israelis 
in Lebanon where it has traditional ties, 
ich External Relations Minister Claude 
ysson said in a recent radio interview 
ice could certainly play the role of an 
;st broker, but “this is not the case 
iy” 


France sells about $9 billion worth of 
goods a year to the Arab world. This is about 
double its imports from the area, chiefly oil. 
Saudi Arabia supplies nearly SO percent of 
France's crude oil. 

The Kuwaiti newspaper AJ Anbaa had 
reported Sept. 1 that Prince Fahd would go 
“on a tour of Europe shortly” with the aim of 
stimulating” anew European initiative whose 
first point of order is the recognition of the 
Palestine liberation Organization.” In its 
report, date lined London, the paper also said 
Prince Fahd hoped in this way to “facilitate 
the adoption of a similar attitude by ’the 
United States.” 

A month ago, Prince Fahd proposed an 
eight-point peace plan to settle the Middle 
East conflict. 


By cabinet 

expressway approved 


AJF, Sept. 7 (SPA) — The Council of 
isters Monday evening empowered 
ikh Hussein Mansouri, the communica- 
s minister, to take the necessary step to 
d the Makkah-Medina expressway, 
irding to the instructions of King Khaled 
Crown Prince Fahd. 
he Cabinet, meeting under Second 
iuty Premier and Commander of the 
ional Guard Prince Abdullah, was briefed 
Sheikh Muhammad Aba Al-Khafl. the 
istcr of finance and national economy on 
agreement on scientific research, 
elopment and technology signed between 
.di Arabia and West Germany in Riyadh 
year. The agreement will be ratified by 
King. 

heikh Ibrahim Massoud, state minister, 
n'net member and acting information 
lister, said that the Cabinet also discussed 
ensively the draft amended statute of the 
ition Board originally issued in 1 953 and 
ansidcrcd in 1974 oy an independent 
imittce. Members of the committee were 


$audia retains 
Srst class seats 

By a Staff Writer 

JEDDAH, Sept. 7 — Saudia, the King- 
■*m’s air carrier, has reinstalled first class 
•ats on 1 1 airliners of its Boeing 737 
„'et. a Saudia spokesman said here Mon- 

He added that the first class seats on the 
*maining eight 737 Boeing aircraft will 
• completed by Oct. 1 . 

Quoting Defense and Civil Aviation 
linislcr Prince Sultan the spokesman said 
tat the first class on internal flights had 
cqn eliminated due to heavy pressure on 
omcstic routes. 




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ter Sheikh Ibrahim AJ -Sheikh; Sheikh 
Ahmad Zalri Yamani, the minister of pet- 
roleum and mineral resorces; and Dr. Ghazi 
Algosaibi. the minister of industry and electr- 
icity. 

King meets 
Jayewardene 

TAIF, Sept. 7 (Agencies) — President 
Junius Jayewardene of Sri Lanka, on a state 
visit to Saudi Arabia, had talks Monday with 
King Khaled on bilateral relations and the 
world situation. 

The meeting was attended by Second 
Deputy Premier and Commander of the 
National Guard Prince Abdullah; Defense 
and Aviation Minister Prince Sultan; Sheikh 
Ahmad Zaki Yamani, the minister of pet- 
roleum and mineral resources: Sheikh 
Muhammad Aba AJ-Khail. the minister of 
finance and national economy; Sheikh 
Muhammad Ikbrajbim Massoud, state minis- 
ter, Cabinet member, acting informadon • 
minister and head of the mission of honor 
accompanying President Jayewardene. and 
Sheikh Abbas Faiq Ghazzawian the head of 
the Asia and Africa desks at the Foreign 
Ministry. 

Present on the Sri Lankan side were Fore- 
ign Minister Shahool Humaid; Transport and 
Islamic Affairs Minister Muhammad Hanifa; 
Finance and Planning Minister Rene 
Demilk: John G. Ratmier. the head of the 
Middle East desk at the Foreign Ministry; 
Rene Dairakon. director of the foreign 
resources division at the Foreign Ministry; 
and other officials. 

Earlier in the day. President Jayewardene 
received at the Guest Palace Sheikh Ahmad 
Zaki Yamani who later conferred with the Sri 
Lankan finance and planning minister. The 
talks dealt with the means to bolster coopera- 
tion. 

President Jayewardene also conferred 
Sunday evening with Prince Abdullah, in pre- 
sence of Sheikh Muhammad • Ibuhim Mas- 
soud, state minister, cabinet member, acting 
information minister, and head of the mission 
of honor. 

Earlier Sunday King Khaled gave a dinner 
in honor of President Junius and the accom- 
panying delegation. The banquet was 
attended by Prince Abdullah; Prince Sultan 
and other government officials. 

$lb order placed 
for Jubail plant 

PARIS, Sept. 7 (AFP) — Petromin and 
Shell Saudi Arabia have placed an order for a 
SI billion oil refinery with an international 
consortium comprising Parsons International 
of the United States, Chiyoda Chemical 
Engineering of Japan and Technic of France, 
the French firm announced here Monday the 
refinery, with a capacity of 12 million tons a 
year will be set up at al Jubail on the Saudi 
Arabian east coast. The work will be divided 
equally among the three contractors. 

The plant is due in service in 1984. It will 
provide petroleum products mainly for 
export from a score of units, including a hyd- 
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Glut weakening 
Arab oil weapon 

By Muhammad M. Al Shibani 

TAIF, Sept. 7 — High ofl prices have 
weakened the Arab oil weapon, Petroleum 
and Mineral Resources Minister Sheikh 
Ahmed Zaki Yamani told Arab News, 

In a wide-ranging interview here this 
week, the minister blamed the glut on world 
markets for the high prices which have 
decreased demand. 

“Talk of using it as a weapon at present is ' 
imagineiy”, the minister added. 

In the interview, which also appears in 
the sister Arabic daily AJ - Sharq Al Awsat, 
Sheikh Yamani disclosed that “if the Arab 
peoples discover what harm the high oil 
prices are causing their national questions, 
they would demand their governments to 
reduce them”. 

"There can be no effective ofl weapon 
while having a glut”, which the minister 
stressed to have been caused by the high 
prices. He called for building up a demand 
for oil so it retains its political power. 

The minister also predicted the fall of the 
Organization of Petroleum Exporting 
Countries (OPEC) if continuing oil pricing 
and production trends continue' into the 
1990s. 

“OPECsshare of the market fell from 31 
million barrels daily in 1979 to much less 
than 24 million barrels a day this year,” 
Sheikh Yamani explained. He added that 
some analysts however expect OPECs 
share to decline in the early 1990s to less 
than 15 million barrels daily. “This would 
mean a collapse of OPEC and a lot of 
economic hardships for Saudi Arabia which 
basically relies upon its ofl revenue." 

Sheikh Yamani exposed the practices of 
some oil producers who flout OPEC deci- 
sion to undercut their inflated prices. The 
result will actually be less money paid for 
their ofl than the official OPEC prices.” 

Following is the full text of the interview: 

QUESTION: Your Excellency, Saudi 
Arabi^ tws always dungeoned a reduction iu 
oQ prices, besides selling Its' oil at the lowest 
price in the world. What Is your philosophy in 


exposes marketing tactics 

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the adoption of this policy, and why is there 
always an insistence on the reduction of 


A. In fact, there is no specific philosophy in 
the manner you have mentioned, but there 
may be changing circumstances and varying 
reasons. In some cases, Saudi Arabia might 
be motivated in resisting the successive price 
hike by taking into consideration the position 
of the consumer countries, especially the 
developing nations. You know, Saudi Arabia 
is keen not to make the rising oil prices a huge 
burden on these states which can neither 
afford to pay nor bear the inflated prices. The 
present situation is different from that of the 
past when, during 1979 and 1980, the ofl 
price hike from a little over $12 to $32 or 
more had caused an enormous rush in 
investment in energy resources, with the view 
of cutting down on ofl consumption and 
developing energy alternatives to reduce 
dependence on nii. This resulted in a fall in 
OPECs shares in the market from over 31 
milli on barrels daily in 1979 to much less than 
24 million barrels this year. Some analysts, 
however, expect OPECsshare to fall in early 
90s to less titan 1 5 million barrels daily. This 
would mean a collapse of the organization 
.. Lh economic hardships for Saudi 
Arabia which basically relies on its ofl 
revenue. 


Zaki Yamani 

We have cautioned a number of times 
against the consequence of an undeliberate 
and unwise price bike. As I remember, only 
last year I had mentioned this reality at the 
University of Petroleum and Minerals at 
Dhahran, and had wanted of an oil glut in the 
markets. But regrettably, some intellectuals 
in Saudi Arabia did not envision this reality 
and now,’ as members of OPEC we suffer 
from a real crisis caused by the hike in the oil 
prices. In my view, we cannot reduce this 
crisis except by adopting the same measures. 
The ofl prices roust be brought down, if we 
can, or at least remain at the present level for 
a long period until we are able to hold back 
investors from searching energy alternatives 
and until OPEC restores its previous posi- 
tion. Saudi Arabia would then feel at ease in 
obtaining a revenue that would fulfill its 
'financial requirements in the next two or 
three decades. 

Q. In a recent interview, yon have expre- 
ssed yoor fears about a drop in world prices to 
less than $32, which is the price fixed by Sandi 
Arabia. Thai you said that yon will defend 
this price. May I know how this probability 
can twlfp (dace and how yon can defend the 
$32 price? Will it be done through a reduction 
in output, or what? 

. A. The probability has, in fact, come very 
near to reality. Nigeria, for instance, reduced 
its price to $36 per barrel and, as you know. 


on Saudi Arabia 
invite mockery 

there is a difference between the prices of 
Nigerian ofl and the Arabian Light. We.stfll 
differ on the assessment of this difference. 
While the North African stales believe that 
the difference amounts to $4, Nigeria itself 
maintains it is only $3. If, therefore, the dif- 
ference is $4, the price of Nigerian oil will be 
$32, which is the price of Arabian Light ofl 
(and also the price of Saudi Arabian oil). But 
tf the difference is only $3. the price of 
Nigerian ofl would then be $33. 

We have recently learnt that Nigeria is 
about to effect an additional cut in this price, 
but in a secret manner that would be rep- 
resented in the reduction of royalties and 
income tax on the concessionary companies 
working there. If this reduction of one dollar 
or more takes place, the actual price of 
Nigerian ofl would then be either $32 or $31. 
And. if this trend gains momentum in North 
Africa and other countries. Saudi Arabia 
would find the prices of its oil higher than the 
prices of others. As a result, the Kingdom's 
ofl output will drop to vtfry low levels. 

Q. According to some reports, Saudi 
Arabia is under a very strong pressure from 
the rest of OPEC members either to raise its 
price or to cut down its ofl output. How long 
can you confront these pressures? 

A. Asa matter of fact, Saudi Arabia per- 
ceives its interest and the interest of OPEC in 
its ofl stance. It is a fact too that many of these 
states, which are said to be exercising pres- 
sures on the Kingdom, know, from the 
economic point of view, that Saudi Arabia's 
stance serves their own interest and the inter- 
est of the Kingdom. But they act on political 
bases which are opposed to their economic 
interests. As such, there is no excuse for 
Saudi Arabia to act in a manner that brings 
great harm to it in the future whatever this 
pressures are. 

Q. Do you meqn to interpret that the posi- 
tion of those countries, which opposes Saudi 
Arabia’s policies of ofl pricing amd output, is 
the outcome of political, not economic back- 
grounds, as it should have been? 

(Continued on back page) 


Begin plans 
to settle rift 

with Reagan 

NEW YORK. SepL 7 (R) — Israeli Prime 
Minister Menahem Begin began a 1 0-day trip 
to the United States Monday saying he 
brought with him plans for resolving differ- 
ences between the two countries. 

“I have come with plans and unilateral 
measures which l think wifl be of benefit to us 
both,” he told reporters on arrival. Begin said 
be and President Reagan would “discuss 
problems we face and I think our discussions 
will be fruitful.” Bur he insisted he would not 
soften his opposition to the U.S. plan to sell 
AWACS radar planes to Saudi Arabia, one 
of the main problems which have strained 
relations between the two allies. " We must 
explain the severity that such a move would 
be for our security ” he said. “ I am going to 
Washington with memoranda and maps 
which will explain our position. 

It wfl] be the first time the two leaders have 
met and it gives them an opportunity to 
establish a personal working relationship. 
Although Reagan is regarded as the most 
pro-Israeli president since Han 7 Truman, a 
series of issues and incidents since he took 
office in January have plunged U.S.-Israeli 
relations to their lowest level in decades. 

The United States suspended warplane 
shipments to Israel for two months this sum- 
mer after Israeli air raids on Iraq's nuclear 
research center and Lebanon. The second 
attack killed or wounded hundreds of 
civilians. 

Egypt takes over 40,000 mosques 


Kabul troops 
raid village 
in Pakistan 


By Shahid Orakzai 

Arab News Correspondent 

QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept. 7— An Afghan 
army detachment Tuesday raided a Pakistani 
village. Shahbaz Kali in the Baluchistan pro- 
vince and searched bouses seizing weapons 
from private citizens. 

About 40 Afghan troops driven in armored 
personnel carriers however quickly withdrew 
into their territory before a Pakistani border 
militia force could arrive in the village. 

The intrusion the first of its kind, followed 
. Saturday's air violation in which two Afghan 
MiG-17 jets bombed a Pakistani militia post 
at DomandL The entire area was found lit- 
tered with splinters, empry-sbeDs and rockets 
by a group of newsmen who were takea to the 
site Tuesday. Military officials said the 
Afghan jets had dropped 500 pounders that 
missed the mili tia p ost by about 200 meters. 
Newsmen saw water gushing out from the 
bomb craters. 

Locals said there was no immediate provo- 
cation for the attacks that are generally con- 
sidered as shot pursuit for the Mujahideen. 

In the past the border violations by- the 
Soviet-backed Kabul regime have coincided 
with visits of some important Western dig- 
nitaries or international meetings on toe 
Afghan crisis. The foreign ministry had not 
filed a formal protest with Kabul authorities 
that have been ignored in toe past. 


CAIRO, SepL 7 (Agencies) — The Egyp- 
tian government, imposing tough new inter- 
nal policies, announced Monday it was taking 
over 40,000 privately-owned mosques and 
tightening its supervision of Muslim 
preachers. 

In the wake of last week’s wave of arrests of 
Muslim hardliners, the ministry of wakfs 
(religious endowments) said that as a first 
step it had taken control of 65 mosques that 
were formerly run by Mamie fundamentalist 
societies. . . 

The statement from Wakfs Minister 
Zakareya H-Beiri, issued by the official 
Middle East News Agency (MENA), said toe 
objective was to make sure that mosques 
were not exploited for pushing other than 
proper religious purposes. 

Earlier, a ministry spokesman told repor- 
ters that only approved preachers would be 
allowed to deliver Friday prayers. There 
would be “more coordination on all matters 
dealing with sermons, with no politics at all ” 
he added. 

President Anwar Sadat, vowing to show no 
mercy to critics who have exploited religion. 


has detained over 1 .500 persons Wednesday 
in toe bigger crackdown of his 1 1-year rule. 

Only preachers authorized by toe ministry 
or Cairo's Al-Azhar Islamic University 
would be allowed to speak after Friday 
prayers and guidelines were being drawn up 
to assure politics did not creep into sermons, 
the spokesman added. 

To overcome a shortage ot authorized 
preachers, teachers from Islamic institutions 
are being assigned to read sermons at private 
mosques, an official said. 

Most of those arrested in toe crackdown 
come from the Muslim Brotherhood and' 
numerous Islamic fundamentalist societies 
which oppose Sadat’s pro- West policies and 
have attracted mounting support in their 
campaign for the restoration of Islamic prac- 
tices. Ten of toe societies have been out- 
lawed. Other groups which managed to thrive 
despite being technically illegal have their 
funds frozen. 

The most detailed 1st of detainees pub- 
lished appeared Monday in toe ruling party’s 
newspaper Jfrryo. 


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New library set for ovenim 


Medical city designs reviewed 


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Naif to review security 


By Alan Kenney 

J EDDAH. Sept.-7 — Soil resting is under- 
way and detailed designs arc being studied 
for King Abdul Aziz University's Medical 
City. Dr. Fuad Zahran said Monday. Accord- 
ing to the College of Medicine dean, con- 
struction on the medical training center 
should begin within the year. 

The SR6.8-biilion (S2 billion) medical 
facility will occupy 1 .4 million sq. meters of 
the old airport here. The site will house the 
800-bed teaching hospital, medical school- 
basic science center, dentistry school, phar- 
macy school, an allied health institution, a 
research center and teaching facility. A sepa- 
rate girls sectibn will offer many of the same 
schools as well as a nursing school. 

Dr. Zahran said the medical city will have 
all support facilities for students and instruc- 
tors. including housing for both the male and 
female sections of the campus. However, the 
medical city wont be completely operational 
for about eight years and the College of 
Medicine is taking several interim measures 
to deal with its expansion. 

To meet increased demand for services and 
provide extended instruction to its students, 
-the college is increasing bed space at its pres- 
ent teaching hospital on the campus, expand- 
■ ingthe X-ray and emergency services, adding 
a new teaching wing and constructing a new- 
building for outpatient and general clinical 
needs. 

Every year the college is enrolling a total of 

Islamic center 

BEIRUT. Sept. 7 (SPA) — Saudi Arabia 
Monday gave the Islamic Information and 
Development Center here 300.000 Lebanese 
liras (SR2 19,000) to help it produce an 
Islamic encyclopedia. A check for the 
amount was handed by Saudi Arabian 
ambassador to Lebanon Sheikh Ali Al-Shaer 
to Abdul Ghani Sahara, head of the center, 
and Dr. Hussein AI-Quwwatly. secretary 
general. 

On his arrival at the center. Shaer was met 
bvSallam and Dr. Ouwwatlv who briefed him 




M EDIC AL TKA1IN I NU : A student 
observes an operation and is given instruc- 
tion during the clinical phase of training, 
about 200 students to study medicine, medi- 
cal technology and nursing. The present uni- 
versity teaching hospital gradually will be 
expanded to 300 beds by 1 982. Dr. 2Lahran 
added. However, he said that the college is 
meeting students' additional teaching needs 
with help from the Ministries of Defense and 
Health and private hospitals where a certain 
number of students acquire clinical expertise. 

According to the dean, the college soon 
will incorporate post-graduare degree prog- 


rams into its schedule. By next year, the col- 
lege hopes to have a visa qualifying program 
as well as programs for specialized degrees. 

In other developments, thef Imam 
Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University's 
Sharia and Islamic Studies Faculty in Ahsa 
has accepted 1 60 students for the first half of 
the new academic year. Sheikh Abdullah 
Al-Tayyar. The dean, said Monday. TheSozu£ 
Press Agency reported the dean as saying that 
more students will be accepted for the second 
half. Studies will begin on the 1 9th of Dhul 
Hijjah. 

Sheikh Abdullah said a new 50.000-book 
library soon w-01 be opened for the faculty and 
that a housing project was underway to house 
the students from other regions. Faculty 
buildings are under construction near King 
Faisal University in Hofuf. They include clas- 
srooms, administrative braidings, a housing 
compound, a library, a mosque. TV hall and 
gymnasium. 

In Dhahran, some 1 33 non-Saudi students 
have been accepted this year at the Univer- 
sity of Petroleum and Minerals. A1 -Medina 
reported Monday. The students come from 
45 countries and were selected from among 
3.000 applicants in view of their qualifica- 
tions. The students represent 1 1 percent of 
the total number of students expected to be 
enrolled in the university’s five faculties. 
They will enjoy the same privileges as Saudi 
Arabian nationals, including exemption from 
fees and free accommodation and books. 


TAIF. Sept. 7 (SPA) — King Khaled 
Monday cabled his greetings to President 
Jose Barisra Olhriera Figorid of Brazil on 
his country's national day. The King 
wished the president health and happiness 
and the (vople of Brazil lasting progress 
and success. 

Waqf council 
meets today 

By Ahmad Shaaban 

TAIF. Sept. 7 — The Supreme Council for 
Waqfs (Islamic Endowments) meets here 
Tuesday evening under Sheikh Abdul Wah- 
hab Abdul Waste, minister of pilgrimage and 
endow ments. to discuss a set of issues pertain- 
ing to Waqfs. 

Waqf is an Islamic concept which means 
that a certain asset (real estate property, 
commercial project or even funds as admitted 
recently) is frozen to spend on relatives or 
any person indicated by the owner. A Waqf 
can neither be sold, nor given, nor mort- 
gaged. The Waqf is sometimes run by a board 
of 'trustees or simply entrusted to the coun- 
try's Waqf ministry or department, as is the 
case for many mosques all over the Islamic 
world. 


TAIF, Sept 7 — Interior Minister -Prince 
Naif will shortly chair a meeting of the board 
of the Arab Security Studies ami Training 
Center here to review the center’s action 
program Al -Riyadh reported Monday. The 
program provides for many training worses 
in the various securin', social and judicial 
fields. 

Implementation of the plan was entrusted 
to the center by representatives of the Arab 
interior ministers who met in Rabat two 
months ago. according to Dr. Farouq Murad, 
director of the Crime Combating Institute. 
Saudi Arabia gave a 2.16 million sq. meters 
of land plot in Riyadh for its headquarters - 
and spent SR430 million on its construction. 
More than 70 percent of the construction 
works have been handed over and the. rest 
will be ready within a year. The Kingdom also 
gave a provisional SR 11 million budget fry 
the center's running expenses, its purpose » 
to help achieve Arab integration in the field 
of security. 

Meanwhile, the center started its third 
short-term crash course in ''Curriculum 
Development at Arab Police Academies" in 
Tunis Monday. The seminar will be headed 
by Dr. Hassan Atyat Allah, dean of the Train- 
ing Institute for Police Officers in Khartoum. 

Of three weeks' duration, the objective of 
the course is to familiarize the trainees with 
the technical and scientific developments that 


have taken place indde pottee work today, u 
weH as modem techniques In fovBstigfttive. 
procedures « And* police acadfnw*. 
Emphasis w ill also be put on reaching mutual 
agreements us t*4emb«t^g future dimes 
with modem polk# methods. 

According to Gdn. Etz EWin Twazfc, of the 
Social Defense Organization in Morocco, 
and one the profio*»ow«l the seminar, "the 
course will serve to strengthen ties between 

Arab police orgauizaiiotB and (heir Islamic 
background with the. ultimate objective of 
raising the quality and efficiency of Arab 
police officers. 

Judicature chief 
felicitates Evren 

TAIF. Sept. 7 (SPA) — Sheikh Abdullah 
ibn Muhammad 8 mi Humaid. bead of the 
Supreme Council of the Judicature, Simdav 
cabled his fehenatHms to Turkish President 
Kenan Evrin for making Islamic education 
compulsory at all educational levels in Turk' 
ish schools. 

He fold the president that hh step which 
will have u beneficial effect on the Muslim 
people of Turkey who always abided by the 
Islamic faith. He conveyed to him the 
gratitude and best wishes of the Ulema in 
Saudi Arabia, particularly those of the two 
Holv Harams. 


receives aid Kingdom marks literacy day 


FROM THE GULF 


on tnc center’s activities in various fields of 
Islamic information. They also discussed with 
him the promotion of Islamic cooperation 
among all Islamic institutions in Lebanon. 

Last Wednesday. Shaer called on the pres- 
ident of the American University of Beirut 
(AUB) and told him that Saudi Arabia was 
donating LL5 million (SR3.65 million) to the 
university. The Kingdom also gave to Bar- 
bere medical center here advanced medical 
equipmenL 


Prayer Times 


■! 

1 

Tuesday 

Makkah 

Medina 

Riyadh 

Dammam 

Buraidafa 

Tabuk 

1 

r 

Fajr 

4:41 

4:40 

4:11 

3:57 

4:22 

4:50 

Dhuhr 

12:18 

12:19 

11:51 

11:37 

12:02 

12:31 


Assr 

3:44 

3:47 

3:19 

3:07 

3:31 

4:03 

i, 

Mughreb 

6:32 

6:34 

6:05 

5:53 

6:18 

6:48 

i 

Isha 

8:02 

8:04 

7:35 

7:23 

7:48 

8:18 


RIYADH. SepL 7 (SPA) — Saudi Arabia 
celebrates the International Day for the 
Eradication of Illiteracy Tuesday. 

Last Wednesday, the National Guard's 
education and culture department held a 
seminar on the me ans to raise the standard of 
adult education and to remove obstacles that 
come across in the realization of this objec- 
tive. 

There arc two levels of adult education 
and literacy in Saudi Arabia. The eradication 
of illiteracy whose courses last for two years 
culminate in the primary education certifi- 
cate after another two yean. Once an adult 
has obtained his elementary certificate he can 
join a night intermediate school. 

For nationals in remote areas and 
bedouins, the Education Ministry provides 
100-day courses every summer for the same 
purpose by special teams it despatches to 
these areas and to nomads near water 




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TF.HAN.Sept. 7 (Agencies) *— Iranian 
revolutionary' guards killed 20 "counter 
revolutionaries" in three separate clashes in 
western Azerbaijan and in Kurdistan. Tehran 
press repons said Monday. 

Three revolutionary guards died in night- 
long fighting in Mahabad. capital of Kurdis- 
tan province, after "armed elements" 
attacked a local headquarters, the newspaper 
ot Iran's ruling party Islamic Republic 
reported, quoting a deputy governor of 
neighboring Azerbaijan province. Four 
opponents were reported dead and several 
wounded. The Tehran daily Azadegan said 1 6 
government opponents linked to the out- 
lawed separatist Kurdish Democratic Party 
w ere killed near western Azerbaijan's capital 
Orumieh. 

A third clash between revolutionary 
guards and “illegal armed rebels" occurred at 

New U.S. plan 
for Lebanon 
peace reported 

TEL AVIV. Sept. 7 (AFP) — The 
United States has drawn up a new peace 
plan for strife-tom Lebanon, an Israeli 
newspaper reported Monday. 

Quoting a "reliable source". Yedioth 
Aharonoth said the plan would involve the 
withdrawal of Syrian troops from Leba- 
non and the siring of all Palestinian milit- 
ary positions further north. 

Meanwhile. Israel would cease recon- 
naissance flights over Lebanon and the 
Lebanese regular army- would take milit- 
ary control over the entire national territ- 
ory. The newspaper said the U.S. was 
studying the feasibility of the plan. How- 
ever. Syria was not enthusiastic and the 
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Sardasht. in Kurdistan but no casualties were 
reported. Azadegan said. The newspapers 
gave no indication when the dashes hap- 
pened. 

Meanwhile. The Tehran Times reported 
that 20 members of the Marxist Leninist 
Komalch Kurdish Autonomy Group and 
"pm-Iraqi Kurds" were pardoned after giv- 
ing themselves up to revolutionary guards at 
Sardasht. 

In an interview to the Time magazine. 
Iran's exiled leader Massud Rajvi said the 
People's Mujahedecn planted the bomb that 
killed President Muhammad Ali Rajai and 
Prime Minister Muhammad Javad Bahonar a 
week ago. He described the attack as a 
"legitimate response.” 

, The Mujahedecn leader fled to France July 
29 with ousted President Abolhassan Bani- 
Sadr and was granted political asylum. 
Immediately after the blast at the prime 
minister's office, in which three other persons 
also died. Rajavi denied that his organization 
was responsible. But he told Time that the 
bomb attacks that have decimated the Ira- 
nian leadership — the last to die was Attor- 
ney General Ali Qodussi Saturday — were 
the legitimate response to a wave of arrests 
and executions of dissidents in Iran. He 
added that there was "no other way". 

Rajavi said that Ayatollah Khomeini "is 
very weak." adding, "his people, who are 
responsible for the torture and executions, 
are falling down like leaves in the autumn. I 
don't think this story will continue too long: 
90 percent of Khomeini's leadership is 
gone". Time described the Mujahedecn as 
the "most serious threat" to Iran as Rajavi 
can count on several thousand activists. 

A senior Iranian clergyman. Ayatollah 
Mnssein Alt Montazeri. in the meantime has 
caDed for changes in the country's security 
services to stop the bombings that have cut a 
swathe through Iran's revolutionary leader- 
ship. Montazeri. whose son was killed in one 
of the explosions, was quoted by Tehran 
radio as saying the bombing campaign had 
demonstrated the weakness in Iran's security 
organizations. 

Since June 28. more than 70 leading politi- 
cians. including the country's president, 
prime minister, chief justice, prosecutor- 
general and police chief, have been killed in 
the bombing campaign. The revolutionary 
prosecutor. Hojatoleslam Ali Gndussi. was 
killed Saturday by a huge incendiary bomb 
that exploded in his Tehran office. Police 
chief Houshaing Dastgardi also died Satur- 
day from wounds suffered in the bomb blast 
that killed Rajai and Bahonar six days ago. 

Montazeri said the string of bombings was 
"a sign of the weakness and the inability of 
the country's security and information organ- 
izations" lo protect the revolution. 


TEL AVIV. Sept. 7 (A?) — The United 
States is ready to purchase Israeli-made 
military equipment worth more than S200 
million, it was reported here Sunday. 

The sale is expected to be finalized at this 
week's summit between President Ronald 
Reagan and Israeli Premier Menahem 
Begin in Washington. The Jerusalem Post 
and Tel Aviv newspaper. ' AlHamicmhar 
reported. According to the two newspaper's 
U.S. correspondents, the deal is known 
under the official title "offshore procure- 
ment” and will be agreed as part of new 


strategic cooperation between the U.S. and 
Israel which militaiy officials on both sides 
have recently alluded to. 

Meanwhile. Israeli radio quoting sources 
m Begin' s delegation at New York Sunday 
said Israel was not prepared to link Palesti- 
nian autonomy on the occupied West Bank 
and in Gaza with the situation in Lebanon. 
The radio said some senior officials in the 
Reagan administration felt the Lebanon- 
based Palestinians were the key to any set- 
tlement of the autonomy question while 
Israel considers Lebanon a separate issue. 


On Afghan issue 

Dost arrives in Delhi 
with Karmal’s message 


Sadat crushing opposition 
to Camp David, Russia says 


MOSCOW. Sept. 7 (Agencies) — The 
Soviet news agency Tass said Sunday that last 
week's mass arrests ordered by Egyptian 
President Anwar Sadat showed that he was 
trying to crush opposition to his peace 
accords with Israel. 

It rejected Sadat's arguments that the 
round-up of 1.500 political and religious 
leaders was aimed at ending strife between 
Muslims and Coptic Christians. This was just 
a pretext for "repressive measures against 
elements and organizations standing in 
opposition to him." Tass said. 

In a speech to the Egyptian parliament. 
Sadat had been forced to admit that there had 
been strong criticism of the Camp David 
peace accords between Egypt and Israel and 
to Cairo's military agreements with the 
United States, the agency commented. The 
new crackdown showed that the president 
“has totally renounced the myth of a democ- 
racy of his own making and gone over to 
openly crush all opposition to die traitorous 
Camp David deal.” it added. 

Meanwhile, in Cairo. leaders of the Coptic 
church said Sunday that Shenotmda would 
still be recognized as its spiritual leader 
despite being stripped of power by the Sadat 
government. 

Sadat said Saturday night he was invoking 


the appointment of the Christian Coptic pat- 
riarch and setting up a committee of five 
bishops to take over papal duties. 

The weekly newspaper Mayo, organ of 
Sadat's ruling National Democratic Party, 
said Monday that Shenouda had been 
banished to a desert monastery. The paper 
said Pope Shenouda has been advised to 
reside in his monastery in Wadi Natroun in 
the eastern Egyptian desert and not to travel 
to Cairo or Alexandria. 

Mayo said the pope had also been barred 
from meeting Coptic congregations "in pre- 
servation of the state's security and the 
church's reputation ” 

In his announcement Saturday night. Sadat 
accused the pope of helping spread sectarian 
strife in the country. Mayo said the pope, a 
former army officer and journalist, wanted to 
impose his will on the state when last year he 
ordered the church to stop Easter celebra- 
tions in protest against clashes between Mus- 
lims and Christians in upper Egypt. 

This was a clear case of inciting Christian 
nationals against the state, the newspaper 
said. It accused the pope of forming offices in 
the United States and Canada to supply 
Copts with exaggerated and false' informa- 
tion. 


NEW DELHI. Sept. 7 (Agencies) — 
Afghanistan's foreign minister arrived here 
Monday with a message From President 
Bahrak Karma! lo Prime Minister Indira 
Gandhi and hopes that she can persuade 
Pakistan and Iran to open talks with Kabul 
about the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. 

"1 believe India can persuade the other 
side to come font aril and have talks with us.” 
Foreign Minister Shah Muhammad Dost told 
reporters ai Delhi airport. By "the- other 
side." he indicated that he meant neighboring 
Iran and Pakistan, which are reluctant to deal 
with his Soviet-installed regime. 

Dost said he \\ as nor aw are of the reaction 
of Iran and Pakistan to an Aug. 24 proposal 
by Kabul for negotiations in the presence of a 
U.N. representative on “guarantees’* against 
alleged interference in Afghanistan leading 
to a Soviet troop withdrawal. He said he has 
been traveling since Aug. 25. the day after 
the proposal was broadcast by Radio Kabul. 
It subsequently drew- strong support from 
Moscow and was received" negatively by 
Pakistan. Iran and Western countries, who 
said it resembled previous, unacceptable 
proposals. 

Dost arrived here from Ethiopia after an 


overnight stop in Bombay, western India. 
Earlier, he had visited Syria. In a show oi 
solidarity, ambassadors or representatives oi 
all Soviet bloc embassies greeted Dost at the 
airport along w ith Rao and other Indian offi- 
cials. The latest Kabul proposal calls for an 
active role in eventual negotiations by a U.N. 
representative and dropped a condition that 
talks with Iran and Pakistan be held sepa- 
rately. 

It retained a previous condition that the 
negotiations directly involve the Afghan gov- 
ernment. which Iran and Pakistan have 
rejected, claiming it would bestow recogni- 
tion on Karmal’s regime. Iran and Pakistan 
have said they would negotiate with rep- 
resentatives of Karmal's ruling People's 
Democratic Party of Afghanistan instead. 

In Addis Ababa, meanwhile, a joint com- 
munique issued following Dost's Ethiopian 
visit said Afghanistan and Ethiopia had 
agreed to establish diplomatic relations at 
ambassadorial level. The two countries said 
they wanted to develop relations of friend- 
ship and cooperation in all fields, based on 
the principles of equality, respect for each 
other's sovereignty and territorial integrity 
and non-interference. 


O vens heavy fire 

'addad breaks truce, UNIFIL says 


TEL AVIV. Sept. 7 I Agencies) — The 
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 
(UNIFIL) has charged the Israeli- 
supported militias of dissident Lebanese 
Maj. Saad Haddad with “a grave violation 
of the ceasefire in south Lebanon.” 
According to a UNIFIL spokesman, the 
right-wing Christian militias opened 
"heavy fire” on a Dutch UNIFIL unit at the 
village of Yaatar. from positions at rhe vil- 
lage of Beit Lif. Following a riposte from 
the Dutch soldiers, the militiamen opened 
fire again, and six shells hit Yaatar. the 
spokesman reported. 


Militiamen and Israeli army forces also 
machine-gunned the Lebanese coast with 
some 7.000 rounds, and the spokesman said 
UNIFIL was protesting what he termed a 
"dangerous violation" of the ceasefire con- 
cluded in the urea last July 24. 

A protest had been ltxlgcd with Ma|. 
Saad Haddad. Haddad claimed the incident 
occured after Palestinian commandos 
attacked a militia position in the village of 
bcit Lif. wounding one of his men. 

The ceasefire was reached in Lebanon 
last July after two weeks of heavy fighting 
between Israel and Palestinians. 


BRIEFS 


TKL AVIV. (AP) — Five new cases of 
cholera have been reported in the occupied 
Gaza Strip in the last two days, bringing the 
total number of cases in the area to 75. Israel 
television reported Sunday. 

TKL AVIV. (AP) — Gasoline prices 
increased Sunday by between five and 15 
perccnt.bringing the cost of premium to S2.52 a 
gallon. Because of the devaluation of the 
Israeli shekel against the dollar, the price of 
gas in dollar terms has actually gone down 
this year. Six months ago. a gallon cost S2.85. 

TKL AVIV. (AFP) — Israeli forces have 


dismantled a network of members of the 
fetah the Israeli Army said Sunday. The net- 
work. a communique said had operated for 
the past three years, adding it had been 
responsible for several attacks 
BEIRUT. (AFP) — Arab states have so Far 
provided just over one-quarter of the S800 
million in aid to Lebanon due during 1980 
and 1981 . it was reported here Sunday. The 
newspaperAsSq/trquoted Muhammad Aral- 
lah. director of Lebanon's council for recon- 
struction and development, as saying that 
only S23ii million have been paid. 


Bangladesh strike plan called off 


DACCA. Sept. 7 (R) — Bangladesh 
opposition parties said Sunday they had cal- 
led off a nationwide strike Monday to press 
the government to postpone presidential 
election. Tliey said in a statement that their 
decision followed an announcement Satur- 
day that the election to find a successor to 
assassinated President Ziaur Rahman would 
be held Nov. 15. 

The opposition parties have twice 
rejected previously-scheduled polling 
dates. Sept. 21 and Oct. 15. because they 


considered there was not enough time for 
campaigning. 

Deputy Prime Minister S. A. Bari said the 
gnv rnment was considering lifting the state 
of • jergency from Sept. 2 1 . the date for the 
tii’.-c of nomination papers for the election. 

The emergency was imposed after Presi- 
dent Ziaur was killed in a military coup May 
30. Opposition parties have demanded the 
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NEW YORK, SepL 7 (APJ — The federal 
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used in military operations in Cambodia, 
Time magazine reported Sunday. 

Military parrols from Thailand took sam- 
ples of foliage, soil and water from Cambodia 
and sent them to the United States for 
analysis, the magazine reported. Scientists 
found that the samples contained the chemi- 
cal agent trichotheceoe toxin, known as T-2. 

Soviet scientists have published articles on 
how to produce vast quantities of T-2, which 
occurs naturally in grain molds common in 
the Soviet Union. 

U.S. intelligence officials have long sus- 
pected that the Soviet Union was providing 
chemical weapons for use in Southeast Asia, 
in violation of an international agreement 
banning chemical warfare that was reached 
after the end of World War I. 

In 1979, army investigators said they 
believed two and possibly three chemicals 
were being used against Laotian tribesmen 
who were resisting Communist Pathet Lao 
and Vietnamese forces. One of these was a 
nerve agent, another caused massive bleed- 


ing and the third was thought to be a riot- 
control gas. 

In 1 9S0, Defense Secretary Harold Brown 
said there was “mounting evidence" that the 
Soviets were using incapcitating gas in 
Afghanistan and that there were "some 
reports that they may be using lethal gas." 

Eyewitnesses in Cambodia, Afghanistan 
and Laos have reported seeing chemical- 
laced “yellow rain" fall from the skies. 
Afterward, people on the ground suffered 
burning sensations, convulsions and massive 
internal bleeding. Many died painful deaths. 
However, the United States never had evi- 
dence that proved the Soviet Union was the 
source of the poison. 

Time, a newsweekly, said in this week’s 
editions that the State Department is reluc- 
tant to publicly accuse the Soviets of using 
chemical warfare, although some officials 
argue that doing so might prevent Further use 
of the chemical agents. 

Other officials want to await proof that the 
chemical has been used in Laos and 
Afghanistan. The magazine said more chemi- 
cal samples are under analysis in U.S. labs. 


Pentagon says Soviets 
produce more weapons 


WASHINGTON, SepL 7 (AFP) — Soviet 
strategic arms production is three times that 
of the United States, according to a Pentagon 
report released by the U.S. Congress this 
weekend. The report, prepared by the 
Defense Intelligence Agency (DJ-A.) said 
Soviet had produced four times as many 
tanks as the United States in 1980, three 
times as many armored vehicles, more than 
twice as many combat aircraft and Held mis- 
siles, 1 0 times as many air-to-ground missiles 
and five times as many anti-tank missiles. 

In 1979, it said, the USSR produced about 

Brandt fears coalition 
may break in Germany 

BONN, SepL 7 (AFP) — The ruling coali- 
tion in West Germany could fall apart. Social 
Democratic Party (SDP) Chairman Willy 
Brandt has said. Addressing party supporters 
in Lower Saxony Sunday, Brandt drew cheers 
wheto he attacked the Free Democrats (FDP) 
— the small liberal party which is in coalition 
with the Social Democrats — for insisting on 
a cut in the 1982 federal budget. 

"If the coalition breaks up, responsibility 
will have to be pinned squarely where it 
belongs." said Brandt, who is also chairman 
of Socialist International. 


700 helicopters against 175 for the United 
States and 1 1 submarines compared to one 
for the United States. Pentagon experts say 
Soviet arms production owes its superiority 
to the greater number of Soviet troops — 
more than four million compared to 
2,100,000 for the United States. 

The report was released to coincide with 
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinbergers 
efforts to dissuade President Ronald Reagan 
from slashing S20.000 to 30,000 million from 
the defense budget in 1 983 and 1 984. A deci- 
sion on the cuts is expected soon. 

Meanwhile, visiting U.S. Sen. Alan Crans- 
ton said in Moscow Sunday that the United 
States and the Soviet Union should start a 
dialogue aimed at a "reasonable comprom- 
ise" on arms control. The Soviet news agency 
Tass quoted the senator, a California Democ- 
raL as saying that the only way of limiting the 
arms race was "constructive talks" between 
the two superpowers. 

Cranston and Maryland Republican Sen. 
Charles Mathias left Moscow Sunday for 
Bonn after a visit during which they said they 
were “not very optimistic" about an 
improvement in Soviet-U.S. relations. They 
said Saturday that they had found the Soviet 
to be inflexible. After stopping in Bonn, 
Cranston will visit Warsaw and Paris. 


PRINCETON. New Jersey, Sept. 7 (AP) 
— Researchers in New Jersey say they have 
developed a new family of antibiotics 
derived from bacteria that expected to 
combat infections that resist other drugs. 

Dr. Kenneth Rubbm. director of public 
affairs at the Squibb Institute, said existing 
antibiotics such as penicillin come from 
fungi, a life from more complex than bac- 
teria. 

The new drug, he said, will be able to cure 
diseases now unaffected by penkillm and 
"conventional” antibiotics — diseases such 
as E. Coli, a urinary tract infection, and 
septicema, a bacteria blood infection. Most 
of the drugs now used to threat these infec- 
tions are either not very effective or have 
dangerous side effects, be said. 

Squibb scientists hope that within a few 
years the new drug, named Azthreonam. 
will be used to combat certain infectious 
diseases, especially “nosocomial” or 
hospital-acquired infections that have 
proven difficult to treat. In developing the 
drug. Squibb scientists and technicians 
screened over 1 million forms of bacteria 

China’s leaders 
do manual labor 

PEKING. Sept. 7 (R) — Members of 
China's Communist Party secretariat are tak- 
ing part in manual labor once a week, reviv- 
ing a tradition that was discarded after the 
death of Chairman Mao Tse-tung. the Peo - 
pie f s Daily said Monday. 

The party newspaper said secretariat 
members had swept paths in Zhongnanhai. 
part of the former imperial palace where 
many of China's top leaders live, and that 
from now on they would perform physical 
labor every Saturday afternoon. 

The secretariat is headed by Hu Yaobang. 
who was made party chairman on July 1 . but 
the paper did not say whether Hu took pan. 

Officials were obliged to perform regular 
stints of physical labor during the regime of 
the Maoist “Gang of Four,” as desk work was 
considered to alienate them from the working 
masses. The idea was quietly dropped after 
Mao's death in 1976. 

There has recently been a partial revival of 
Maoist traditions, however, including a cam- 
paign against "bourgeois liberalism.” The 
revival of manual labor for officials appears 
to be part of the current hardening of the 
political dimatc which is aimed mainly 
against free-thinking intellectuals. 

Brezhnev meets Duan 

MOSCOW, SepL 7 (AFP) — Soviet Presi- 
dent Leonid Brezhnev had talks here Mon- 
day with the secretary-general of Vietnam’s 
ruling party Le Duan, Tass said. The Soviet 
news agency said a Vietnamese delegation 
which also included Vice Premier To Huu 
arrived here on SepL 3 for a "friendship 
visit". 


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taken from various locations throughout 
the world. 

-The irony of ail this is that the answer 
was in our backyard." said Dr. Richard B. 
Sykes, associate director and chief mic- 
robiologist at Squibb. "The soil sample 
which red to the right compound came from 
the pine barrens only a few miles from our 
Princeton laboratories.” 

What the researchers found were mono- 
bactams. invisible microorganisms pro- 
duced by bacteria. The soil sample that con- 
tained the first mo nob act am was taken from 
the wading river by a Squibb employee in 
November 1978. Other monnbaetams were 
later taken from the Goshen pond swamp 
and the Alston Lake urea. 

Sykes said Azthreonam has been lusted 
on laboratory animals and human volun- 
teers. The next step, which begins this fall, is 
to try the drug on 1.500 hospital patients. 
He believes the drug will be accepted first in 
Europe, where testing is less time- 
consuming. and may be on the market in the 
United States by the end of 1985. 



(AJp winphoto) 

ONE-MAN GAME: California Governor 
Edmund G- Brown tries his hand with a 
hook shot while {Haying one-man basket- 
ball to cool down after jogging in flic Sac- 
ramento area recently. The Democratic 
Governor has been jogging since last May. 

3 arrested in France 
for carrying cannabis 

RENNES. France Sept. 7 (AFP) — French 
police have announced that two men arrested 
near here on a yacht carrying 450 kgs of 
cannabis were U.S. citizens and that a third 
was a Dutch national. 

The men. Robert Schemer. 50 of Illinois. 
Lindsay Decker. 58. of Nebraska and 
Dutchman Lucas Van Ho. 38. were interro- 
gated by police after their arrest at Brittany’s 
port Navalo Thursday and are to appear 
before the public prosecutor at nearby Van- 
nes. 

Police said the yachL a Florida-registered 
1 1 -meter sloop named Vroune Carolina, was 
on its way to the Netherlands from Morocco 
after calling at Lisbon. The cannabis, worth 
seven million francs (nearlyS 1,200,000) was 
hidden in traveling bags and jerrycans. It is 
now being kept by port Navalo customs offi- 
cials. 

Typhoon toll rises to 93 

SEOUL, South Korea Sept. 7 (AP) — Die 
death toll from Typhoon Agnes rose to 93 
with 33 others still missing and property 
damage esimated at SI 09 million, according 
to the latest government figures released 
Monday. 

The central disaster relief committee said 
24,309 houses were wrecked or flooded, 
13,898 persons made homeless, 439 ships of 
various types lost, 95,537 hectares of farm- 
land inundated, and 140 kilometers of high- 
way damaged. 

The typhoon was reduced to a tropical 
storm when it lashed Korea's southern coasts 
last Wednesday and Thursday. But it dumped 
up to 660 millimeters of rain during those two 
days alone, triggering floods and landslides in 
three southern provinces. 


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SINGAPORE, Sept. 7 (AFP) — Former 
Cambodian head of state Prince Norodom 
Sihanouk has painted a gloomy picture of the 
chances of forming a coalition government 
among the three anti-Vietnamese Cambo- 
dian resistance groups. 

Hu warned Sunday that Son Sunn, leader 
of the non-Commimisx Khmer People’s 
National Liberation Front, and Khicu Sam* 
phan. leader of the Khmer Rouge movement, 
remained deeply divided. Speaking to the 
press after a half hour meeting with Son Sann. 
Prince Sihanouk said the ad hoc committee 
they had agreed to set up under the tripartite 
agreement signed here Friday would hold its 
first working session in Bangkok. 

When it meets would depend on Son Sann 
and Khicu Samphan and on permission from 
the Thai authorities, he added. The first item 
on the agenda of the meeting would be the 
formation of the coalition government with 
Son Sann as the prime minister, said Prince 
Sihanouk. 

But this would be difficult since Son Sann 
was maintaining the three conditions he laid 
down before the tripartite meeting here this 
week and the Khmer Rouge considered them 
too tough. 

The three conditions were that he. Son 
Sann. should have real power, a majority of 
portfolios in the coalition government and 
that Khmer Rouge leaders most comprom- 
ised in the 1975-78 atrocities in Cambodia 
should be exiled. Prince Sihanouk said no one 
believed the Khmer Rouge when they said 
they had changed their ideology and that, 
according to Son Sann. “they lie when they 
sav they are no longer Communists". 

Therefore he was maintaining his condi- 
tions for participation in the coalition gov- 
ernment. "So I wish him success.” said the 
prince. "But it seems there will be some dif- 
ficulties since the Khmer Rouge are not ready 
to surrender to the Son Sann conditions and 
Son Sann, on behalf of his front and the peo- 
ple of Cambodia, maintains the same condi- 
tions.” 


the prince and $on Sana have named the if ' 
representatives to the ad hoc committee and 
Son Sann had asked the Khmer Rouge to do 
the same as soon as posufcte, ttid Prince 
Sihanouk. "But the Khmer Rouge say that 
they had to go hack to their headquarters to 
have discussions and tty to appoint them. I 
think that they must speak |u (former Kbraet 
Rouge leader) Pol Pot first. Pol Pot a always 
number one. Khicu Samphan is head of stair 
but he cannot decide.* 1 
The prince said that according to Son Sana 
the signing here Friday of the joint tripartite 
statement was "a great victory for the Khmer 
Rouge as the nationalists got few advan. 
tages." He said that even if the coalition gov- 
ernment could not he formed the Khmer 
Rouge could win the debate to keep its scat m 
the U.N. General Assembly. 

"They do not need Son Sunn and Sihanouk 
any more since w 0 have given our signature to 
support them.” he said. The prince, whii' 
leaves Monday to return to France, abo 
thanked Singapore and its partners in the 
Association of Southeast Asian Natrons 
t ASEAN) "tor the nmoiuic and active sup- 
port they are giving so nobly to the cause of 
the Cambodian people .” 

Vietnam meanwhile dismissed the step 
toward unifying the Cambodian resistance u 
a bid “to doll up the ugly face" id Pol Put 1 * i 
ousted Khmer Rouge government. Hancifl j) 
Communist Party newspaper Nkan Ito* said »' 
the meeting in Singapore of three key anfrgjt 
Vietnamese leaders last week was part of aO 
old plan by the United States and China. 

- "Its aim was to doll up the ugly face ot the 
notorious Pol Pot gang of butchers and help 
them keep Kampuchea’s (Cambodia's) rear 
in the United Nations.” the paper said. The 
meeting came shortly before tire opening 
Sept. 15 ol a new U.N. General Assembly . 
session whieh is expected to feature the Cam- 
bodian credentials question for the third time 
m as many years.. 3 V&w Da* noted But it mid 
the summit hail backfired by printing up The 
"acute differences" among tire groups. 


2 Americans to look for dinosaurs 


LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (AP) — Two 
explorers hove set off in search of surviving 
dinosauis in an expedition that will take 
them to the center of a 55,000-square-mile 
(142,000 sq kins) swamp in the jungles of 
the Congo where the 'tnokcle mberabe* is 
reputed to live. 

Herman Reguslers. formerly a space sci- 
entist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 
Pasadena, and his wife. Kia, will be joined 
in Africa by a third member of their expedi- 
tion, Judy Benjamin. 

Stories of a very large animal that looks 
like a brontosaurus have persisted for more 
than 200 years among pygmies firing near 
the swamp. Several people have made 
expeditions into the area through the years 
but most have returned only with stones of 
the mpkelc mbembe. 

One of those explorers says he saw and 
filmed the mokcle mbembe" last year, but 


observers sav the animal that appear* on tire 
film is difficult to discern, although it 
appears to have a long dinosaur-like neck 
and is sticking its head up from the middle 
of a river. 

Scientists say tire last uf the dinosaurs 
became extinct 60 million yews .ago. A 
friend of Registers', John Sack, said the 
couple left Sunday from Los Angeles Inter- 
national Airport with 640 pounds (290 kgs) ‘ 
uf luggage and scientific equipment, inriud' 
ing a "starlight scope ” 

Sack said the scope uses light from tire 
stars ami intensifies it. enabling the user to 
see and photograph objects even in the 
dark. He said the Regustcrs intend tmly to 
photograph the animal and not to kill it or 
try to bring it back to this country. The 
Regustcrs are financing the planned four* - 
month expedition themselves. 


Ruling party office bombed in Peru 


LIMA. Peru. Sept. 7 (AP)— An explosion 
blew a door down at the headquarters of the 
governing Popular Action Party here early 
Sunday, police reported. Police said a dyna- 
mite stick exploded when the streets were 
virtually deserted by Peruvians who were 
watching a World Clip soccer match on tele- 
vision. 

Police also reported that dynamite des- 
troyed the door to the rector's office Saturday 
night at the state university in Ayacucho. 575 
kms southeast of Lima. No one was injured in 
either explosion, the police said. 

The Popular Action building is located on 


the same block as the U.S. Embassy, where a . 
powerful explosion caused £50.000 damage 
before dawn Monday. No one has claimed 
responsibility for any of the 700 bombings in 
Peru since the country returned to democra- 
tic rule about 13 months ago. 

The government has at times blamed the 
terrorism on leftist guerrillas, but said the 
attacks Monday on the U.S. Embassy and 
four U.S. companies in Peru could be linked- . 
to drug dealers upset with U;S. efforts to :; 
eradicate coca growing in Peru, Coca is the 
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; Uncertainty over campaign 

Irish guerrilla joins 
hunger strike in jail 


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BELFAST, Sept 7 (R) — Another jailed 
Irish Republican army (IRA) guerrilla went 
on hunger strike in Northern Ireland Monday 
amid increasing uncertainty over the future 
of the death fast campaign. 

John Pickering, 25, serving life imprison- 
ment for various crimes including killing a 
man. refused breakfast and said he was join- 
ing the fasts for prison reforms on which 10 
men have starved to death. British officials 
said. 

But developments over the weekend led to 
speculation that the campaign may be near- 
ing its end. In the past week, two hunger 
strikers nearing death in Maze Prison were 
>aved when their families ordered doctors to 
intervene after they had slipped into a coma. 
Four men have now come off their fasts this 
way, and sources dose to relatives of the 
remaining sue hunger strikers say more 
families will also act to save their sons’ lives. 

in addition, an IRA splinter group, the 
Irish National Liberation t Army (INLA.). 


India assures 
Bangladesh on 
island dispute 


DACCA, Sept. 7 (AFP) — Bangladesh has 
^een assured by India that events since the 
Dacca meeting of their two foreign ministers 
in August last year “would not in any manner 
prejudice” talks in New Delhi later this week 
?n the South Talpatty Island dispute or their 
outcome. 

A Foreign Office spokesman told news- 
Ynen Monday that the talks on the disputed 
sland “would be resumed where they were 
eft off ’during last year’s meeting. The tiny 
minhabhed island m the estuary of the bor- 
ler River Hariabhanga in the Bay oBangal is 
me of the major irritants straining relations 
je tween the two neighboring countries in 
.-ecent years. 

Both sides claim ownership of the island. 
tamed by Bangladesh as Soyth Talpatty and 
India as New Moore. The dispute took a sen- 
jus turn in May this year when India sud- 
denly landed troops on the island and posted 
ialf a dozen naval ships there. Bangladesh 
said this had violated its territorial waters. 

Besides Talpatty . other problems to be dis- 
cussed during the New Delhi meeting of the 
swo foreign ministers are the lease in per- 
petuity of a corridor connecting two Bang- 
ladesh enclaves in India, a long-term solution 
of the Ganges water sharing at Farakka and 
delineation of the maritime boundary bet- 
ween the two countries. 


three of whose men have died on hunger 
strike, indicated it wanted an end to the fasts. 

In a statement, the INLA said it was not 
replacing tits last member to starve to death. 
Michale Devine, who died on Aug. 20. It 
said: “It is obvious now that the British gov- 
ernment is being for more intransigent than we 
had first expected.” If continued to pro- 
vide one hunger striker to every three from 
the IRA “all our prisoners would be dead 
within six months,” it said. 

The hunger strikes began on March 1 in 
pursuit of political prisoner status for jailed 
guerrillas, but have since been directed 
toward securing specific prison reforms such 
as the right of inmates to choose their own 
work. The government has refused to grant 
the reforms, saying they would amount to 
political status. It has indicated that some 
changes in the prison rules could be made. 

Informed sources said Monday that the 
government was cautiously optimistic that 
the hunger strikes might be near an end. 
“They are encouraged that they are wavering 
to some extent." the sources said. 

But a spokesman for the' IRA's political 
wing, Sinn Fein, said IRA prisoners would 
carry on their action until their demands were 
met He said two more men would start fasts 
if the two whose families intervened last week 
did not go back on hunger strike when they 
recovered. 

John Pickering is the 2 1 st guerrilla to start 
a fast in the present campaign, of which 1 7 
belonged to the IRA and the rest to the 
INLA. Ten of these have died, four were 
saved by their families, one ended his fast 
when be needed medical treatment for a 
stomach ulcer and six men are still refusing 
food.' 

None of the remaining hunger strikers 'is 
expected to die. The longest any of them has 
been without food is 35 days. 

Marijuana plantation 


found in Philippines 


MANILA, Sept. 7 (AFP) — Police have 
stumbled on the biggest marijuana plantation 
ever found in the Philippines, which repor- 
tedly supplied users in metropolitan Manila 
and two U.S. military bases. National bureau 
of investigation (NBI) agents discovered the 
plantation in remote Arapusangan village in 
Kibungan, Benguet, 240 kms north of Man- 
ila. It reportedly was producing marijuana 
with an estimated value of about 10 million 
pesos (51.15 million). 

•*. NBI director. Jolly Bugarin. said the plan- 
tation was the major source of marijuana sold 
in Manila and suburbs and at two U.S. bases" 
north of here — The Clark Air Base of the 
U.S. 13th Air Squadron and the Subic naval 
base, borne port of fee U.S. Seventh Fleet. 


Cat virus isolated 


Leukemia vaccine foreseen 


LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (AP) — Ohio 
State University researchers say they have 
Jeveloped a vaccine that will protect 80 to 90 
x*rccnt of cats from leukemia and could be a 
itep toward developing human leukemia vac- 
cines. 

Application of the development to 
‘escarch on human leukemias, or cancers of 
he blood-forming tissues, hinges on identifi- 
;arion and isolation of the virus responsible 
— if a virus in fact causes leukemia in humans 
is it does it cats, TheLos Angeles Times said in 
.-eporting the discovery Sunday. 

The significance of the vaccine appears to 
ie in the feet that it is not made from viruses, 
t has been feared that if human leukemia is 
a used by a virus, it mighx be diffcult to pre- 
ent genetic material of killed or tamed vir- 
from incorporating itself into human 


But according to Dr. Richard Olsen, the 
Ohio state virologist credited with develop- 
ing the cat vaccine, his discovery avoids that 
J problems because it is made of expected pro- 
1 ducts of cat ccBs grown m laboratory dishes 


.African barred 
rom attending 
ydney congress 


SYDNEY. Sept. 7 (R) — The Australian 
'oundi of Trade Unions (ACTU) convinced 
, black South African unionist not to attend 
ts congress when she turned up at the meet- 
ng here Monday. 

Lucky Muubelo. deputy vice president of 
he Trade Union Council of South Africa, 
atcr told newsmen she had agreed with an 
official who told her at the door it 
Aould be better if she did not attend. "I 
bought it would not be veiy much value to 
orce my way in. I did not want to embarrass 
invbodv.” she said. 

Nits. Mvubelo. ‘61, had been met at the 
■ongress venue by a hostile group of anu- 


and infected with the cat leukemia virus. 

Olsen said that after years of experiments 
he took the virus apart and found that a single 
protein on the surface \of the virus was 
responsible for su pressing the cats' immune 
systems so the felines could not fight infec- 
tions and often died even before clinical 
symptoms of the disease appeared. 

The vaccine he developed provides 
immunity against the virus. Leukemia, which 
is a major killer of cats, also kills about 
15.900 persons in the United States each 
year. An estimated 23.000 persons contract it 
annually. 

The Ohio state vaccine was patented early 
this year and the patent has been acquired by 
Noxden Laboratories of Lincoln, Nebraska. 
Dr. David S. Yohn. director of the Ohio State 
Comprehensive Cancer Center, said that if 
the vaedne is approved by government agen- 
cies it will be the first commercially available 
leukemia vaccine for any mammal. 

Evidence pointing to a viral cause of at 
least one type of human leukemia was pre- 
sented last week at a symposium at Uda 
sponsored by the Leukemia Society of 
America. 

Dr. Robert Gallo of the National Cancer 
Institute reported isolating or identifying a 
virus in four human patients with a rare form 
of the disease called T-ceB leukemia, which 
he said appears to be die same type already 
known to cause leukemia in cats. dogs, cattle 
and other animals. 

Gallo was reluctant to comment on the 
possibility of developing a vaccine against 
that ype of the disease, which he said was rare 
in the United States but more frequent in 
other parts of the world such as southwestern 
Japan. 



Transmitted to children 

Disease cripples Indiana community 


BERNE. Indiana. SepL((AP) — Shiny 
steel wheelchairs are as familiar as horse- 
drawn buggies among the Amish in north- 
ern Indiana. The 3.000 Amish near Berne 
have the highest rate of muscular dystrophy 
(MD) in the country, one researcher says. 
The crippling disease occurs here at a rate 
1.000 times the national average, striking 
more than one hi every 1 00 Amish. 

Doctors say it continues to spread. The 
illness is transmitted only to children whose 
parents are MD carriers, but almost one' 
adult in five is a carrier here — and the 
Amish instruct their children to many 
within the community. In one family, nine 
brothers and sisters are victims of the dis- 
ease. Symptoms, which initially occur at 
about 10 years of age. include weakness in 
the muscles of the pelvic region and shoul- 
ders. By 20. most victims are confined to a 
wheelchair. There is no known cure. 

In the Schwartz home, brother and sister 
Chris and Elizabeth, both in their 30s. slide 
their wheelchairs together over rugless 
floor to a bare corner to sing for a guest. The 
ballad they have composed themselves is a 
slow and plaintive one about MD. 

Chris’ bands are daw-like, twisted by the 
disease, but her brother harmonizes in a 
strong, full voice as his head rolls back 
involuntarily. 

From their chairs. MD victims are incap- 
able of participating in traditional Amish 
life — a life filled from sunup to sundown 
with tending livestock, planting and har-. 


vesting crops and feeding and clothing large 
families. No modern technology is used. 

The Amish, descendants of a Swiss religi- 
ous sect that split from the Mennonites in 
the 17th century, believe in following as 
closely as possible the ways of the past. 
They dress as their ancestors did and their 
homes are simple as they eschew modern 
plumbing, motor vehicles and most pro- 
ducts of 20th century technology. Only 
their strong work ethnic keeps the Amish 
competitive in- today's economy. 

The Schwartzes and other MD victims 
here have overcome a traditional shyness 
and allowed doctors into their homes to 
examine them and study their disease. The 
tests are conducted through the Caylor- 
Nickel clinic in nearby Bluffton and are 
aimed at developing early detection of MD 
and of its carriers. “It won't help us. but it 
might prevent others from getting the dis- 
ease.*' Miss Schwartz says. 

“‘The Amish in Berne have the highest 
incidence of MD in the nation.” said Dr. 
Patricia Bader. 35. a Caylor-Nickel 
researcher who has studied the disease in 
this community for eight, years. "But they 
have a remarkable adjustment to it.” she 
said. “ In many ways, it doesn't seem to be as 
catastrophic as it might in the larger society. 
Because so many people in the community 
have MD. there are plenty of models.” 

Nevertheless, the constant drain of MD 
threatens to cripple the close-knit Amish 


community itself. Dr. Bader said. “It's an 
ever-increasing burden on the overall 
community. It is an economic, emotional 
and personal hardship for them all. 

“The form of MD found near Berne usu- 
ally is not fatal. One of our older patients is 
in his late 40s. and I know of another who 
died in his late 60s.” the doctor said. “Butin 
some ways for the community as a whole, it 
might be better if it were not such a linger- 
ing illness.*’ 

The Amish say they accept MD as God's 
will. They have been told it is caused by 
inter-marriage but they don’t know how to 
prevent it. “The Amish don't really plan to 
many dose relatives. In fact, they try not 
to.” Dr. Bader said. “But in a community of 
less than 3.000. it becomes difficult.” 

As a rule, the Amish accept no financial 
aid. But these Amish have relaxed that pol- 
icy for families with MD victims so they can 
accept help from the Muscular Dystrophy 
Assodation. In some families hydraulic lifts 
help the victims from bed to wheelchair. 

Dr. Bader has done genetic counseling 
within some families. “In some cases, we’ve 
been able to tell relatives that they appear 
to be carriers. We've also been able to 
detect which young children probably will 
get the disease, but some parents have told 
us they don't want to know that.*' she said. 
Knowing about it does little good, explains 
Nancy Hilty. the Amish mother of 12 heal- 
thy chiidren.as she listens to the Schwartzes 
sing. 


EEC panel 
on political 
cooperation 
proposed 


Bangui coup 4 maneuvered 9 
to ease out David Dacko 


BANGUI. Sept. 7 (AFP) — The army 
coup d'etat in Central African Republic last 
week was in feet a device to allow President 
David Dacko to quit the political scene with- 
out creating disorder, observers here believe. 

Dacko is ill — he suffers from high blood 
pressure — and. as he told journalists, he 
cannot shoulder the responsibilities of power 
any longer. At Ins news conference, he spoke 
slowly and be looked exhausted. He said he 
had spent most of August in bed and was now 
preparing to travel to Europe for medical 
care. 

For Dacko, who came to power in Sep- 
tember 1979. when’ French paratroopers 
helped depose Emperor Bokassa. there was a 
choice of methods of laying down his burden 
of state. He could either have stuck to the 
constitution — under which Premier 
Simon-N arrisse Bozanga would have suc- 
ceeded to the presidency pending new elec- 
tions — or handed over to the military. 

It was a strange dilemma for a man who. it 
is said, is basically a democrat, had won pres- 
idential elections in March against four 
opponents, eas attempting to promote a mul- 
tiparty system, and appeared to defend free-, 
dom of expression and human rights. 

Dacko's refusal to apply the constitution 
seems to have stemmed from a conviction 
that giving power to Bozanga. to whom 
opposition leader Ange Patasse has strong 
objections, would have led inevitably to dis- 
order in Bangui like feat which arose bet- 
ween Patasse partisans and security forces 
after Dacko's election victory. 

Since the bombing ui z Bangui movie thea- 
ter in July in which three persons were killed 
and many injured, tension had been mount- 
ing in the Central African Republic. The 
opposition was emboldened by the French 
government’s less-than-enfeusiasuc reaction 
to Dacko's moves to control the situation — 
declaration of a state of emergency, suspen- 
sion or banning of opposition parties — and 
issued successive calls for the president’s ous- 
ter. 

Patasse and his supporters were seen as a 
factor of instability. The Central African 
people, in the face of economic difficulty, 
showed growing signs of insecurity. Dacko 
apparently felt there was a risk of explosion 
and Bozanga's nomination would have pro- 
vided fee spark. 

The military , led by Gen. Andra Kolingba. 
was fee alternative. Dacko has maintained 
good relations with the general — a link no 
doubt strengthened by the feet that they 
come from fee same region, in fee south. 

The way in which fee army took over 
appears significant. At 8 amt. on Sept 1. 
Kolingba called in CoL Michael le Guen. 
commander of the* 1.300 French troops in 
Central Africa, to announce feat he. fee gen- 
eral, was now head of state. The Central Afri- 
can officer had just had a private meeting 
wife Dacko. 

Afterward, fee national radio broadcast 
fee news. The ministers of the Bozanga 
cabinet were asked to remain at home. They 
were called in individually to hand over their 


portfolios to their military successors. No 
state of emergency, no curfew was declared. 
No arrests were reported. There was no gun- 
fire or bloodshed. 

In the French barracks, at Bangui and at 
Bouar in fee northwest, the men were on 
alert for no more than 1 2 hours. Since fee 
“coup." the atmosphere in Bangui has 
undergone a complete transformation, from 
apprehension to general relief. “We have 
avoided the worst.’’ one man told a reporter. 

After the July bombing, travelers were 
constantly harassed by security men at fee 
aixport. and roadblocks and searches of vehi- 
cles were fee rule. These measures have 
ceased since Dacko's handover. 

Opposition figures have expressed satisfac- 
tion at the “downfall” of their sworn enemy, 
fee man they accused of stealing the March 
elections. And. in a statement issued Monday 
in Paris, one of the parties — the Bangui 
Patriotic Front-Labor Party led by Abel 
Goumba — said the transfer of power could 
be considered part of a “democratic renewal” 
if it were followed rapidly by free and fair 
elections. 


China blames 
Vietnam for 

provocations 


BRIEFS 


being a pawn for the South African govem- 

ment. _ „ . 

ACTU President Cliff Dolan said mean- 
while feat he had been told the Clothing and 
Allied Trades Union invited Mrs. Mvubelo 
but the union had later said she was not its 
euesl after it received "certain information.’ 
The Trade Union Council of South Africa s 
fee country’s largest union group. It is not 
government-sponsored and about 75 percent 
of its member unions are multiracial. 

Mrs. Mvubelo told a news conference Sun- 
day feat Australia should not support sanc- 
tions against South Africa and she encour- 
aged Australian firms to retain investments 
there. Her visit was organized by fee 
Australia-South Africa Association. 

Allan Dexter, secretary ot the association, 
told reporters Sunday that Mrs. Mvubelo was 
not an “Auntie Tom." "U is very easy for 
everybody to critidze the South African gov- 
ernment and the association brottghtber here- 
to improve relations wife South Africa, he 

said. 


ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, (AFP) — 
Two submarines win be built by Dutch ship- 
yards fo the Republic of China, shipyard 
sources announced here Monday. The sub- 
marines, to cost a total of $200 million are to 
be completed in four to five years, said the 
sources. The contract was signed last week in 
Taipei. 

HELSINKI. (AFP) — South Korean 
Prime Minister Nam Duck-Woo arrived here 
Monday on a three-day visit, mainly aimed at 
strengthening economic ties between Finland 
and the Republic of Korea. Nam's host here 
is Social Democrat Prime Minister Mauno 
Koivisto. He had been scheduled to meet 
Finnish President Urbo Kekkonen as weJL 
but a spokesman said Monday feat fee presi- 
dent was ill and has canceled the meeting. 


■HAVANA. (AFP) — World bestselling 
novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez of Colom- 
bia has been put forward for membership of a 
permanent defense committee against “the 
imperialist oppression” of fee United States 
by a conference of Latin American and 
Caribbean intellectuals currently meeting 
here. Among other candidates fielded for fee 
proposed committee are former Dominican 
President Juan Bosch, Argentine-born 
French novelist Julio Cortazar, and Brazilian 


musician Chico Buarqce. 

NEW DELHI, (R) — Hundreds of Sikhs 
were detained here Monday when they vol- 
unteered themselves for arrest after a large 
demonstration in protest against alleged dis- 
crimination and other grievances. The 
demonstration near Parliament House was 
organized by one of two rival factions of the 
Akali Dal, a powerful Sflfe-dommated party 
in northern Punjab state. 

PARBROOK, England, (AP) — Crippled 
Irish writer Christy Brown, who typed best- 
sellers wife the toes of his left foot, has died at 
the age of 49, his family said Monday. Family 
members said Brown and his wife. Mary, 
were having dinner Sunday night at their 
home m this Somerset village in western Eng- 
land when he choked to death. 

PEKING. (R) — A guerrilla group called 
the “China Imperial Guards” has been cap- 
tured and found guilty of a variety of major 
crimes, including stealing arms and plotting 
to destroy a military airfield, a provincial 
radio report said. The radio report from 
Jiangxi province in southeast China said fee 
"counterrevolutionary felons” stole guns and 
ammunition frorii a Chinese Air Force unit, 
conspired to destroy the unites airfield and oil 
depots, robbed banks and planned to escape 
to Hong Kong. 


PEKING. Sept. 7 (AP) — China sent Vie- 
tnam a note Monday accusing it of bombard- 
ing Chinese territory almost daily since May 
in a deliberate effort to worsen China- 
Vietnam relations. 

“ In indicating their readiness to resume the 
Sino-Vietnamese negotiations at such a 
moment, the Vietnamese authorities are 
making a sheer hypocritical gesture aimed at 
deceiving public opinion both inside and out- 
side Vietnam and covering up their hegemon- 
ist acts.” the note said. 

It accused the Vietnamese of nearly 900 
provocations and intrusions into China since 
May and of repeatedly sending troops or spe- 
cial agents into China for harassment and 
sabotage. 

The Chinese note demanded that Vietnam 
withdraw all its troops from Cambodia, stop 
menacing and encroaching on Thailand and 
halt provocations against China. Peking 
broke off the talks with Vietnam in March 
1980. saying the Vietnamese showed no sin- 
cerity ubout patching up their dispute. 


LONDON, Sepi. 7 (Agencies) — The 10 
foreign ministers of the European Economic 
Community (EEC) decided in favor of ” a-" 
modest improvement in their political coop-' 
eration.” The ministers met at medieval-' 
Brocket Hall near here for an informal 
“ weekend of reflection. ” Progress was 
meager, but not totally inexistent. 

Despite conflicting views and mental 
reservations, the 1 0 agreed in principle to set 
up a new team responsible for improved 
European cohesion at fee political level. The 
tentative decision Sunday appeared to be 
something of a compromise between the 
ambitions of West German Foreign Minister 
Hans-Dietrich Genscher. who wanted a full- 
fledged political cooperation treaty rounding 
out the Treaty of Rome which is the keystone - 
of the EEC, “British Foreign Secretary Lord 
Carrington, who favored a permanent sec- 
retariat among fee 1 0 EEC members, and the 
positions of other countries which held there . 
was no need for setting up any further con- 
stitution in fee Common Market organiza- 
tion. 

Some partiepants including the Germans. 
British and Italians saw the development as a 
step toward a day when Western Europe 
might speak with a single voice . And yet there ; 
were already different interpretations of 
what was really achieved. The French view . 
was that virtually nothing happened. Others, 
including the British and the Italians, consi- 
dered that fee working weekend could be 
summed up as a positive and meaningful suc- 
cess. 

According to a British spokesman the 
ministers resolved to seek a “'firm resolution . 
commanding wide international support” 
from fee United Nations General Assembly- 
condemning the presence of 85.000 Soviet 
troops in Afghanistan to back fee Marxist 
Kabul regime's fight against Islamic Mujahe- 
deen. 

Carrington hopes to discuss Afghanistan 
further with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei 
Gromyko when the two are in New York this 
fall for the United Nations session. On the ; 
Middle East, the ministers were described as - 
“in a state of careful watchfulness for an . • 
opportunity” to expand on fee June 30 EEC 
peace initiative. 

It was on that day that the EEC nations 
caQed for comprehensive peace talks with 
which the Palestine Liberation Organization 
should be “associated.” The declaration was 
followed up by meetings between PLO . 
Chairman Yasser Arafat and EEC officials! 




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In a variety of Helds. Saudi Arabia has 
carted a name for itself. Its carpets 
are very much in demand in Western 
markets. Ahmad Shabaan probes on 
page 20 the carpel industry's past and 
spreads out a detailed account ol it'* 
development and achievement. 


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TOURISM TAKES OFF: 


The government has determined to 
transform the Asir region into one of 
the best tourist resorts in the Gulf. 
Ahmad Kamal Khusro visits one such 
resort and files a report. 


RAIL LINK: 


The Dammam-Riyadh link, the 
largest project being implemented by 
the Saudi Government Railroad 
Organization during the third 
five-year plan, is put into effect by 
awarding the middle section contract 
to a Pakistani firm. Scott Pendleton 
takes a look at the railway 
development in the Kingdom. 


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SHOCKING TACTICS 

The deceitful political and business tactics used by some oil pro- 
ducing nations to illegitimately control the price of oil. revealed "by 
Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sheikh Ahmad 
Zaki Yamani. are shocking. This revelation also points out the weak- 
ness of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 
to control its members even after a marker price is agreed upon. No 
matter how tight the restrictions, if there is a motive and a loophole to 
be found, some sly operators are always searching for it. 

Sheikh Yamani on numerous occasions during the past year has 
cautioned everyone about the consequences of undeliberate and 
unwise oil price hikes. Obviously, one reason his warnings went 
unheeded was because many oil producers and oil refiners were 
making millions of dollars and were unwilling to reduce their profits. 
They also refused to hear the warnings made by Sheikh Yamani or 
recognize his forecast about the bad effects their policies would have. 

All oil producing countries, even those pursueing moderate 
policies, now face crises created by the politically motivated policies 
of only a few. These producers in providing their customers with 
under-the-table benefits, are doing so at the expense of everyone 
else. These practices occur at the expense of other oil exporting 
countries. OPEC, and the ultimate consumer. Everyone is led to 
falsely believe that one price is being maintained, when in fact the 
customer is receiving concessions and benefits. This type of deceit 
could even effect the oil companies participating in this arrangement 
due to some question whether or not these invisible benefits are 
being reflected in reports to company stockholders and governmen- 
tal taxing authorities. 

Sheikh Yamani is to be congratulated for his straightforwardness 
in pointing out an extreme problem and in taking steps to protect the 
Kingdom, oil consuming nations and the final consumer. 

The question remaining now is what the reaction will be to Sheikh 
Yamanrs revelations. There is a lot at stake and many large corpora- 
tions and rich individuals involved who do not want to endanger their 
sources of income. AJthough the Kingdom is pursueing a strictly 
economic and non-political avenue; this does not mean that other 
authorities will be so wise. Hopefully the victim who is being robbed 
blind by the greed of large corporations and governments will not 
stand for this crime to be perpetrated any longer and will put a stop to 
it. If not. he deserves to pay higher prices and can not complain when 
it is due to his own complacency now. 


Americans 

protest 

Springboks 

By June Goodwin 

NEW YORK , — 

Anti -apartheid protest against a tour by the 
South African Springboks rugby team is spreading 
in the United States, where rugby is an obscure, 
weekend game played by a 'few thousand 
enthusiasts. 

The team arrives here after a tour of New Zea- 
land, where rugby is virtually a religion and 
Springboks matches have been disrupted by viol- 
ent anti-apartheid protests and arrests of dozens 
of demonstrators. The protest against the team’s 
mid-September tour of the Unired States began 
with anti-apartheid groups and has been taken up 
by city officials, the black community and mem- 
bers of Congress. 

The game scheduled for Sept. 29 in New York 
City was cancelled by Mayor Edward Koch, who 
said the city could not afford the security expenses 
to protect against possible violence. Organizers of 
a matcli originally to be played at a public stadium 
in Chicago said it would now be played at a secret 
location. 

The New York City game was rescheduled to 
Rochester.in upper New York State, but that site 
was cancelled last week after city authorities 
opposed it because of South Africa’s racial 
policies. A third match set for Albany. New York, 
is facing growing opposition as well. Black lead- 
ers, including former tennis champion Arthur 
Ashebn have called for cancellation of the tour. 

Los Angeles City Councillor Robert Farrell, a 
leader of an anti- tour coalition of 18 groups, said 
unity on the issue was unprecedented, especially 
among blacks. The tour is of special interest to Los 
Angeles, site of the 1 984 Olympics which African 
nations have threatened to boycott if the tour 
takes place. Seven members of Congress who vis- 
ited South Africa last month signed a letter 
recently calling on the Eastern Rugby Union to 
cancel its invitation to the South Africans. 

But the union’s president. Tom Seifridge said 
he would not withdraw the invitation, and added; 
“Rugby is such a small sport that the Springboks 
could have come and gone but for the attention of 
the news media. It would have been a pimple on 
the horizon." 

Prominent ABC television sports commentator 
Howard Cosell said of a recent broadcast on the 
issue: “Of course, sports and politics mix. The 
Olympic games have become a political tool for 
whichever groups would seek to make it so." Self- 
ridge contends that the U.S. Olympic Committee, 
which has asked him to cancel the invitation, and 
ABC have vested interests in stopping the tour. 
ABC, which is to broadcast the 1 984 games, is the 
only network following the story and “not from a 
positive standpoint." according to Seifridge. 

“That is a total falsehood." said Cosell. “I have 
no idea whether other networks are covering it. 
but I'm covering this story because it's a huge 
story.” Richard Lapchick, co-chairman of the 
Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour (SART). a coali- 
tion of more than 100 anti-apartheid, church and 
civil rights groups, said South Africa bad intro- 
duced politics into sports by organizing them on 
racial lines. 

Although the Springboks team is technically 
multiracial, with a colored (mixed race) player 
and a colored manager, most sports in South 
Africa at club level, where the basic training is 
gained, are strictly segregated. Lapchick said the 
team's manager “has been making pro- 
government statements at every venue of the New 
Zealand tour. He is obviously a perfect weapons 
to spread, the South African government prop- 
aganda.” 

Lapchick, a former professor of African Studies 
who has written a book on racism in international 
sports, has been referred to by the pro- 
government South African press as “the top South 
Africa baiter." In 1 978, he organized the largest- 
ever U.S. anti -apartheid protest ar the Davis Cup 
tennis tournament in Nashville. Tennessee. A 
month later. South Africa was suspended indefi- 
nitely from the Davis Cup. 

Lapchick said SARTs goal was to force cance- 
lation of the Springboks’ tour through a policy of 
peaceful demonstrations and public pressure. 

"Legally, the administration can withdraw their 
visas," he said. “The U.S. barred East German 
athletes for 1 5 years. We cancelled a visa that Tad 
been granted for the South African boxer CaHie 
Knoetze in 1979.” 

Seifridge said he would only cancel the tour if 
the visas were canceled, but he did not believe that 
would happen. As for the Olympics, he said of a 
possible boycott: “If black African countries’ 
foreign policy is based on the manipulation of their 
sportsmen, that makes me very sad. But that is 
clearly their decision.” — (R) 





France reserves bold statements on M.E. 


By Bernard Edxnger 

PARIS — 

Only two weeks after France's Socialist 
administration took power last May. new External 
Relations Minister Claude Cheysson said French 
Middle East policy would become increasingly 
clearer in the coming months. 

Now over 180 days after the Socialists took 
over, their Middle East policies still remain blur- 
red in the eyes of many people in France and 
abroad. But French views and intentions on other 
international issues are rapidly becoming dear. 

Many commentators believe President Francois 
Mitterrand has ambitions to be as active an inter- 
national figure as was Gen. de Gaulle when he 
ruled from 1958 to 1969. 

Mitterrand has already made amply clear he 
would be tough toward Moscow in direct East- 
West relations. Soviet leaders could no longer 
expect France to act independently of the Atlantic 
Alliance in major confrontations as did previous 
President Valery Giscard cFEstaing at the start of 
the Afghan crisis in 1980, most commentators 
agree. 

The same commentators add that any glee in 
Washington over such developments is likely to be ' 


Saudi Arabian Press Review 


A majority of newspapers Monday led with a state- 
ment by Minister of State Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim 
Masoud to Saudi Arabian radio, in which he reaffirmed 
that the Arab and Islamic nation’s support for the King- 
dom’s peace plan is an absolute necessity imposed by 
the challenges being faced by the region. He also said 
that the Saudi Arabian peace initiatives reflect the aspi- 
rations of the nation. Meanwhile, Okaz gave lead cover- 
age to King KhalecTs welcome to the President of Sri 
Lanka in Taif , while Al Riyadh led with a report on the 
prevalence of tense situation in Cairo and other major 
towns of Egypt, with troop concentrations around mos- 
ques and churches in the capital and elsewhere. 

Newspapers frontpaged the Egyptian regime s meas- 
ures to wipe out political opposition in Egypt. They also 
gave front-page coverage to a call by the Makkah-based 
Muslim World League to Muslims to save the Aqsa 
Mosque from the Zionist plots. It strongly condemned 
the Israeli acts to desecrate the Holy Mosque by carrying 
out excavations around it. 

Israeli Premier Begin’ s current visit to the United 
States formed a page one story, in which newspapers 
reported that Begin will ask for more American assis- 
tance to Israel. In a front-page story, AI Me&na quoted 
Gambian President Dawda Jawara as saying that the 
recent abortive coup in his country has shown Gambia s 
real friends, on top of whom were Saudi Arabia and 
Senegal. . 

Al BRad devoted its editorial to commenting on the 
Kingdom's peace plan, saying that the worldwide inter- 
est in this plan makes it clear that it provides the real 
basis for security and stability in the region, 'Hie paper 
mentioned a few countries which lately voiced their 
support for the Kingdom's peace initiatives, adding 
peace could be achieved through them in this region 
without being influenced by political wrangles. 

In an editorial. Okaz urged ILS. President Reagan to 


prevail upon Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab 
territories. It reminded the U.S. leader that America’s 
interesLs nrcessitate a relinquishment of the erroneous 
stance on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). 
As President Reagan himself knows that occupation of 
Arab territories and the establishment of Jewish settle- 
ments has been rejected by the U.N.. he ought to adopt a 
historic stance to safeguard the reputation of his coun- 
try, the paper said. It added that the question of Arabs’ 
usurped rights assumes more importance than any 
friendship or strategy. 

On the other hand, AI Medina dealt with the prevailing 
turmoil in Egypt and said that the measures being taken 
by the Sadat regime are characterized by tyranny and 
oppression. It added that if anyone in Egypt tries to 
refuse to listen to Sadat’s symphony on the Camp David 
and capitulation to the Zionist enemy, he comes under 
the wrath of Sadat's re£me. The paper said that never 
before in the history of Egypt so many intellectuals had 
been thrown behind the bars as has been done at pres- 
ent. , L 

On the same subject, j4J Riyadh noted that the nerv- 
ousness that characterized Sadat's recent address 
reflected the state of the country’s internal situation. But 
it said Sadat does not seem concerned for the internal 
situation as much as for Washington's confidence m 
dictatorial regime. He seems to be prepared to sacrifice 
millions of his countrymen just to win Washington s 
trust and Begin' s friendship, the paper added. It said 
further that what actually enrages Sadat today is not the 
collapse of the Camp David accords but the Arab and 
international support for Saudi Arabia's "logical and 
balanced" peace plan. _ 

Writing on the Kingdom's peace plan, AI Noam* 
observed that it proved to be a strong retort to those who 
thought there could be no alternative to the Camp David 
accords. Referring to Begin’ s visit to the U.S., the paper 


said that the Reagan administration is well aware of 
international resolutions on the legitimacy of the Arab 
case and is also not ignorant about toe evasive attitude of 
Begin. It has now to take a bold step to support peace 
and justice and to preserve its own strategic ■ interests in 
toe Middle East. The reason why toe countries of toe 
world in the hailed Saudi Arabia's peace initiatives is 
that the Kingdom's ideas are based on international 
resolutions, and Washington knows well that lasting 
peace and justice can be found only on toe basis of chose 
resolutions. 



Who’s the kilter of toe French envoy In Beirut? 

— Okaz 


very much dampened by Mitterrand's views on 
North-South relations which are very much at 
odds with those held by the new Republican 
administration. In practically any major field of 
international activity — Save in toe Middle East — 
bold and sometimes even brash new French initia- 
tives can be expected. Informed sources say. 

The same sources say, however, that Mitter- 
rand's pronouncements concerning toe Middle 
East are likely to be asj careful as those of a blind- 
folded man gingerly trying to pick his way across a 
minefield. ‘Hie reasonifor this, according to many, 
is that both domestically and internationally, 
whatever Mitterrandjdoes concerning the Middle 
East can immediately and seriously affect both 
France and the president’s own political fortunes. 

A recent joint statement with Mexico describ*- 
ing leftist, anti-government guerrillas in El Sal- 
vador as a genuine/representative political force 
was greeted with jdy by a long-frustrated French 
left. But it is hardly likely to affect France's finan- 
cial situation. 

‘ But toe situation could be entirely different if 
Mitterrand were now to swing his weight as 
strongly behind Israel as he did during the cam- 
paign leading up to his May 10 election. France's 
already shaky economy hardly looks in any shape 
to risk losing the Arab money which poured in 
since the start of toe Lebanese civil war in 1975 
upset Beirut tanking. This money is now reputed 
to make up perhaps 10 percent of all deposits in 
French banks. 

France is used as a clearing house by Gulf states 
for many of their overseas banking operations and 
Arab investments in French firms and projects is 
heavy. France alsosells about S nine billion goods 
to the Arab world, a figure which only makes up 
for half toe imports from that area, principally oil. 

Mitterrand has, however, promised that he 
would honor all his campaign pledges including 
that of carrying out a more even-handed Middle 
East policy after years of French tilting toward toe 
Arab world. 

A three-day fact-finding trip by Cheysson to 
Jordan. Lebantin and Syria late last month 
became embroiled in a diplomatic "pas de deux" 
between Cheysson and the Palestine Liberation 
Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat. 
Both sides seemed to agree that if Cheysson called 
on Arafat at his headquarters, this would mean de 
facto French recognition of the PLO as sole rep- 
resentative of ail Palestinians. 

They finally met on neutral ground, at the home 
of the Lebanese prime minister but the question of 
Socialist France's ties with the PLO is still very 
much open to discussion. Well-informed sources 
say Mitterrand in no way shares the hardline ideas 
of Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin and 
they has made it clear more than once that he 
favors an independent Palestinian state alongside 
Israel. 

Mitterrand’s views closely resemble those of his 
friends nthe left wing of Israels Labor Party which 
has always found a sympathetic ear with other fop 
French Socialists such as Prime Minister Pierre 
Mauroy, Presidency Secretary-General Pierre 
Beregovoyand Mitterrand’s own special adviser 
Jacques Attali. 

Confusion over the new government's 
approach to the Middle East was highlighted after 


the assassination of its ambassador to Lebanon, 
Louis Delamare. Friday. Although no oik 
claimed responsibility for toe killing, French polOr 
ical commentators were quick to point in almost 
every possible direction. Some commentators said 
the killer could have been Iranian :«tre«nsts 
angered by France's decision td' 'grant ~politrcal~ 
asylum to former Iranian President Abolhassan 
Bani-Sadr and Mujahedeen guerrilla leader Mas- 
soud Rajavi in July. i - 

Others said a Palestinian splinter group couki 
have carried out the killing in reaction to the meet- 
ing between Cheysson mid Arafat at which Cheys- 
son emphasized Israels right to exist. One L telcivir- 
sion commentator suggested Israeli agents orfoeir 
Christian Lebanese allies had assassinated the 
ambassador because of toe Cheysson- Arafet ". 
meeting. . .. . 

Although the killing is unlikely to alter French 
policy in the Middle East, it highlighted Frifooe's. 
longstanding involvement in toe region. It abb 
showed toe dangers for French representatives in 
toe volatile area as toe new administration tries to 
formulate a coherent policy which wifi not alien- 
ate any of the warring factions, til of which fcrt 
most sensitive to any change in policy, 

The real difference between Mitterrand's j# 
die East policies and those of Gscarti d’BstafliS 
are expected to center on France's approach fo 
Europe's role in finding a peace solution. tjfctaud 
was a prime mover behind the. EtoOp&a 
economic community’s attempts to .foster a pdfC 
initiative which would ultimately have induced 
guarantees, probably foreign ■ troops, 
stationed between Israel and the Arab states. -- 

Mitterrand is thought to be opposed, like the 
Israelis themselves, to such guarantees which lie 
has indicated would be dubious in time of re» 
crisis, the sources said. But if the Frencb presM®® 1 
is being coy on what he plans to do ghouttije 
Middle East, he has shown no such restfstati 
when dealing with the foreign topics as illustrated 
by ht$ joint statement with Mexico about El Sab 
vador. • 

Mitterrand has indicated that present 
pol icies and lack of social change in Latin A merica 
could only result. In his eyes, in that continent 
becoming an ever-bloodier theater of 
don. - . .v.; . 

Mitterrand feels that guerrilla groups* such ti 
those in E* Salvador, can be prevented ftwtaw* 
ning into Soviet arms if tl» 
in t^vor of social change in their countries. Pat h? - 
forays into 'Third World .politics, NHtttrraAd 
expected to rely on"retey” countriesindAlg^' 
India and Mexico are those most often mentioned 
as possible allies. 

France is expected to vodferouriy oppose ip* 1 * 
tocid in Southern Africa but to be somewhat mow 
conservative aboui change frtoosc 
tries where it wields major • 

French troops did riot tatesftetw .t^ 
unpopular David Dacko, president ojttite 
African Republic, from 
week by Iris pro- Western arfoy. But ti# 
e$e forces which rcinsrated Gafc&te 
Dawda Jawara when be was overthrown : 

Marxists in . his army were jkroeiftdly , 
by France, winch arms antiequipt '* doaten^ 
in black Africa. (R) 



U.S. government depends on a dozen noses; 
‘organoleptic examiners’ sniff spoiled fish 


By Henry Gilgoff 


NEW YORK. (WP) — Thomas Weber 
smells fish for a living, hundreds of pounds of 
t, week after week, except when he has a 
:old. A sniffed nose makes life tough for an 
organoleptic examiner.** Organoleptic 
.'xaminaiion defines the kind of testing that 
Weber, in the highfalutin' terminology of his 
rmploycr. the U.S. Food and Drug Administ- 
ntion. Weber, in other words, uses his sense, 
-ie uses his nose. 

Is the federal government dependent on a 
lose, or about 1 2 noses across the country, in 
he nation's major port cities? Isn’t there 
■ome more sophisticated way of determining 
vhether samplings of imported fish are so 
ic com posed that they should be barred from 
ale in the United States? 

There is. Weber acknowledges. Tests can 
jc done to check specific chemical com- 
pounds formed in decomposition. But the 
bearded chemist says that organoleptic 
examination of fish is “the most rapid and 
probably still the most accurate method of 
^determining decomposition of fish.” 

Shipments from different countries by dif- 
ferent importers are checked at random. 
, unless one is found to be posing a particular 
problem. In that case, further steps are taken. 

Weber. 33. lives in Alberson. N.Y., with 
his wife, and his daughter. Lisa Anne, who 
was 2 years old Aug. I. Previously, in his 
work for the FDA. he checked for "extrane- 
.nis material and filth” in food. 


Checking macaroni for insect fragments 
then was all in a day’s work, just as smelling 
about 270 pounds in shrimp is now. He works 
in a regional FDA laboratory, which covers 
New York and New Jersey, in a dreary, 
sprawling federal office building near the 
docks in Brooklyn. 

Smelling fish may not sound appealing. But 
fish-smelling pays Weber 530,543 a year. He 
was just one among many “journeymen 
chemists” before. Now, he is specialist. 

There is occasional travel to conferences, 
where first he was a trainee and now he is a 
trainer. If he achieves the international repu- 
tation of his predecessor, who trained him 
before resigning three years ago, the future 
also may hold travel abroad on behalf of the 
FDA. 

Weber sniffs a variety of imported frozen 
and canned fish. Most of what Weber smells 
is shrimp. But there are also samples of can- 
ned tuna, canned octopus, canned sardines 
and, once in a while, frozen squid, among 
other seaford. 

In most instances, his work involves 
■‘esthetics,” be says. “It you eat rotten fish,” 
assuming it was property cooked, “it prob- 
ably would do no worse than give you a slight 
bellyache,” if it’s even noticed. 

Still, he says, “you don’t want to pay high 
prices for rotten food.” Moreover, such 
checks fit in with an overall regulatory 
scheme that helps to signal unsanitary condi- 
tions. Other FDA examiners check for sal- 
monella, which can cause food poisoning and 


which can have more serious consequences. 

If a fish is not treated with respect after 
death, it will decompose and smelL The 
primary disrespect shown the fish. Weber 
says, is improper handling, "not using enough 
ice,” and unsanitary conditions on the fishing 
boats, which causes growth of bacteria and 
decomposition. 


Weber learned fish smelling by smelling, 
he smelled fish at the various states of 
decomposition. “If you smell something 
that' s putrid, you're going to say, “when, that 
stinks” but examining fish organoleptically is 
"not just saying, "I know what rotten fish 
smells like.” Some of these are very subtle, 
that only a trained nose would be able to pick 
up." 

Each variety of shrimp, for example, has its 
own “body odor," not to be confused with the 
odors of decomposition. Canned Tuna is 
cooked before and after it is canned, Weber 
explains, and that first cooking can "volatilize 
off most of the decomposition odors, if there 
are any present." The odors then are "very 
subtle and very slight,” a true challenge. 

"AmmoniacaT* is one possible odor of 
decomposition. “ You know ammonia — how 
it smells. That’s ammonia cal. It smells like 
ammonia." Like the stuffed shrimp Weber 


once had when he dined with his wife at a long 
island Restaurant. Ammoaiacal. 

The restaurant offered him another meal, 
but he declined. “You stuff.” So he sipped a 
cup of coffee as his wife finished her dinner, 
which was not ammonia cal or putrid or rancid 
or sour. 

When he was a boy. he never said. " When I 
grow up T m going to be an organolpetic 

pYaminrt" U. 11 _ 


'Slowly -ticking time bomb ' 
describes German pollution 


examiner.” He played "stickball in the 


Hostility, concern voiced 
about morning TV programs 


By Charles ChampUn 


HOLLYWOOD (LAT) — To American 
elcvision viewers, for whom the fun never 
dops. h must border on the incredible that 
the British ore just now debating whether to 
start breakfast programming. All these years 
the British have had to eat their breakfast 
distracted only by their newspapers and the 
steady voices of BBC radio. 

Television time has been doled out in 
limited quantities and (so it sometimes 
appears) on the philosophical ground that too 
much of it will erode the performance of the 
working classes. 

The broadcast schedule runs a little later 
info the night than it used to. In the '60 fbe 
epilogue and "God Save the Queen” were 
over and done with and the set went dark well 
before 1 1 :30. It still quits before Tom Snyder 
tias hit his stride, or his victims, here. 

You’d have thought that the customers 
would automatically cry for more, more, 
more television. But John Gau, who recently 
resigned as head of current affairs program- 
ming for the BBC to enter independent pro- 
duction. said in a current article in the BBCs 
weekly. The listener, that there has been con- 
siderable hostility to the idea in years past 
and that it exists today. 

The argument is that morning is simply not 
a proper time for television. (Gau quotes a 
Russian proverb that argues on the other 
hand that "Morning is wiser than the even- 
ing.") 

A curious compromise proposal has been 
made for something called radiovision, 
roughly comparable to what we would call 
simulcasting: Special programming designed 
to be carried by radio and television simul- 
taneously, so the early-rising listener-viewer 
could listen while shaving, watch without 
missing a news-beat at the breakfast table 
and then pick up the program again on The car 
radio en route to town. 

As Gau notes, tartly, radiovision “would 
have to avoid the things each medium does 
best os they are incompatible.” and is quite 
likely to be neither good radio (which uses 
words copiously) or good television (which at 
its best uses words sparingly). 

Ironically the question of an additional 10 
hours a week of tetevsion poses a problem 
reflecting both the strength and weakness of 
British television. 

The commercial broadcasters are under- 


standably eager to have the additional hours 
of airtime. The English do eat breakfast, and 
there are all those commercials to be sold. 
For the non-commercial BBC, which has 
already had to reduce its services — short- 
wave radio, regional orchestras, originations 
— drastically in light of a serious revenue 
squeeze, the breakfast television represents a 
large additional outlay without any addi- 
tional income. 

It’s clear that morning telecasting must 
come and is indeed long overdue. For one 
thing, and despite the number of daily news- 
papers in London, it is true there as in the 
United States that most people get most of 
their news from television, so the morning 
shows become, whatever else they are, a val- 
uable public utility. 

The seniors in the crowd will find much of 
this familiar. Mornings in early television 
days were understood to be the province of 
cartoons and other kiddie shows that allowed 
parents a few extra winks. Pat Weaver’s 
“Today Show” concept with Dave G arrow- 
way and a chimp seemed like folly and all 
those faces on West 48th street shown pres- 
ang against— the window of the original 
street-level studio could have been starting at 
a new zoo novelty only. 

the morning watch was a long time in 
becoming the national habit even to the 
extent it is now. But if Charles Kuralt can get 
millions of us out of bed (or awake, at least) 
by 8 on Sunday mornings, what we have here 
is a fait accompli, and there is no doubt that it 
will be accomplished in Britain, too, quickly 
enough. The BBC (as Gau agrees) will simply 
have to find the money someplace. 

It's amusing there should be so lively a 
debate over whether television and breakfast 
gp together. That's a question you can hear 
somebody say. But there is also something 
oddly enviable about austerity as an alterna- 
tive to an automatic, drowning deluge of 
images,most of them fatuous, around the 
dock and around the dial. 

The creative and dynamic tension parlia- 
ment created between commercial and non- 
commerical television in Britain is still one of 
that body's most useful achivements. 'Hie 
push for popularity in independent television 
keeps the BBC on its programming toes — 
the tradition of integrity and high public ser- 
vice that goes back more than a half-century 
at the BBC keeps ITV from slumming too far 
down-market. 


streets, handball in the park, softball in the 
schoolyard, just like every other Brooklyn 
boy.” He graduated from Johan Jay College 
of Criminal Justice in Manhattan with a 
Bachelor of science degree in 1 971 and found 
a job with the FDA. No, he isn't sick of fish. 
He goes fishing himself, in fact, and he eats 
iris catch. 

Yes. colds are a problem. "I don't like to 
work when 1 have a cold, although my pre- 
decessor did, and he claimed lliat he was fine. 
But I don't like to do that.” So when he has a 
cold, the samples stay in the freezer, and he 
does other work. Bui. he says. "I'm blessed 
with pretty good health. If i get one cold a 
year, it’s a lot.” 

What would happen if the supersmeller s 
nose somehow lost its powers? In this field, 
says Weber, "If something happens to your 
nose, you look for another job.” 


BONN (R) — In a summer which has 
• broken national records for rainfall, it is hard 
to believe that Germany could have a water 
shortage. But a parliamentary secretary has 
described water pollution here as "a slowly- 
ticking time bomb” and said the country’s 
tapwater could soon become completely 
undrinkable. 

Streams and springs are drying up. the 
water-table is dropping fast, and the Frank- 
furt battele Institute has predicted the coun- 
try’s water needs will double by the end of the 
year. 

The average West German’s daily con- 
sumption of water rose from 85 liters (49 
gallons) in 1 950 to about 1 40 liters (about 30 


A study by the Bavarian Ministry of Envi- 
ronment found that half of streams and ponds 
and 90 percent of the springs marked on offi- 


gallons) today, and the figure increases with c ~. ™ a P s °f areas tested had pollution 
every new washing-machine, shower installs- wh,rh ,Jft * oc "“ M ** 


tion or car to be cleaned, the institute said. 

Derspiegel estimates that up to 30.000 tons 
of sa!t,.three tons of arsenic, and 450 kilos 
(990 pounds) of mercury are being poured 
every day into River Rhine alone. Attempts 
to legislate against pollution from factories 
along the heavily-industrialized Rhine and 
the River Main have not proved as successful 

as was hoped. Many firms prefer fines to the 
expense of treating their waste products. 

About 50,000 liters (1,000 gallons) are 


which endangered amphibious life as well as 
water supplies. 

Botanists are horrified by the destruction 
of the once highly-prized natural landcape 
sucked dry by the industrial cities of Frank- 
fort, Darmstadt and Wiesbaden. 



But even water pumped from the ground 
carries no guarantee of freshness, according 
to Parliamentary Secretary Dietrich Sperling 
of the Building Ministry. He said under- 
ground water to the west of the Rhine, in 
many parts of the Swabian Alps and around 
the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen 
had been contaminated by excessive use of 
nitrate fertilizers. 


A spokesman for the Ecological party said 
that much ta{f water was unfit for human 
consumption. She said the authorities 
pumped water from the River Main to high 
ground and passed it off as lake water when it 
had filtered back through the earth a few 
months later. 







PROUD DAD: Actor Richard Thomas and his five-year-old son Richard Francisco admire the triplet addition to their family . From 
the left, the daughters names are Barbara, Gwyneth and Pflar. The girls were boro at intervals of one minute to Richard and his wife 
Alma, there is a history of multiple births in both Camifies. (AP) 


An Environment Commission by the rul- 
ing Social Democratic Party said water must 
no longer be considered an inexhaustible 
commodity, and Transport Minister Volker 
Hauff has said saving water will be one of the 
next decade's major problems. 

Enormous economies could be made if a 
system of water recycling being tested by one 
of West Germany’s largest steel groups is 
brought into general operation. The 
experimenters have been piping hot coolant 
water from power stations under soil in 
nearby fields, boosting winter crops, cooling 
the water before re-use and bringing 120 mil- 
lion liters (26 million gallons) of water a day 
to a 1.200 megawatt power station. 


Japanese 
jazz fans 
jam concerts 


TOKYO (AFP) — Jazz has been in the 
spotlight here recently with tens of thousands 
of enthusiasts crowding into concert halls in 
Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama to hear 39 
musicians — among them Lionel Hampton, 
Art Blakey and Milt Jackson — playing in the 
Second Annual Aiirex Festival. 




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needed to produce one ton of steel and 
380,000 liters (8.000) gallons to make a car. 
But long-standing contracts mean many large 
companies still receive huge quantities of 
fresh water untreated river water ivould be 
quite as suited to their purpose. 

Meanwhile, the authorities are forced to 
look elsewhere to supply fresh and drinkable 
water for their private customers, filtering it 
from badly polluted rivers or extracting it 
from the ground at ever greater ecological 
and financial cost. 


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The week-long extravaganza began in 
front of a packed house at the Nippon 
Budokan Martial Arts Hall. Leading off were 
the Hank Jones Trio, with special guests Art 
Farmer, Benny Golson and singer Nancy - 
Wilson. They set the stage for a vibrant per- 
formance by Lionel Hampton, who at 72 
showed he can still enthrall an audiance. 


Performing on the drums, the piano and 
the vibraphone and drawing the enthusiasts 
into a chorus of his famous “Hamp’s 
Boogie," Hampton and guest clarinet player 
Woody Herman drew raves in the Japanese 
press. 


A follow-up performance included Hubert 
Laws, Dave Liebman and Larry Coryell, for a 
less classical program of jazz-rock. Later, an 
all-star group with An Blakey, Mflt Jackson, 
Roland Hanna. Ray Brown, Freddie Hub^ 
bard. Geriy Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer and 
Stan Getz took over the limelight. 


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PAGE 8 


Foster, Lattany excel 


East German girls 


pip Europe for title 


ROMH. Scpi. 7 (R) — A chaotic baton 
change cost the European women's team any 
change of matching the triumphant men's 
squad on the third and final day of the World 
Athletics t'up Sunday. 

Despite a dramatic fight back by the 
United States, the defending men's champ- 
ions who tried to offset earlier disasters by 
winning four of Sunday's five events, there 
was no holding Europe. The women's com- 
petition was a different affair, only half a 
point separating East Germany and Europe 
until the 4x100 meters relay. ’ 

The all-British squad was well-placed for a 
good points haul until the last baton change 
which resulted in anchor runner Shirley 
Thomas sprawling full-length on the Olympic 
Stadium Track. She had gone off too fast and 
too soon and. realising her mistake, she 
slowed and was instantly trampled to the 
track by third-leg runner Bcv Goddard. 

Europe forfeited all relay points for failing 
to finish and East Germany took full advan- 
tage of ihcir lapse by forging ahead in the 
remaining events to retain their women's 
crown by 1 0.5 points. 

With conditions made difficult by torren- 
tial rain for the third successive day.' the out- 
standing performances' in the third and final 
session of the meeting came from the East 
German women and the U.S. men. They each 
won four events. 


But the outstanding single performance 
came from Czechoslovakia 
Jarmila Kratochvilova who gained revenge 
for her defeat by Maira Koch in last year s 
Olympic 400 meters final. 

Kratoch Vilova. 30. the latest of late 
developers after going without success for 1 2 
years until the Moscow Olympics, ran the 
race of her life to win in 48.61 seconds. Koch 
was second in 44.27. 


Europe scored a second women's triumph 
in the last event to finish, in which javelin 
world record holder Antoancta Todomva of 
Bulgaria finished over four meters ahead of 
East German rival Petra Falkc with a winnine 


fifth round throw of 70.08 meters to repeat 
her European Cup triumph in Zagreb Iasi 
month. 

But the rest of the day belonged to the U.S. 
men who raised their sagging morale after 
two disastrous days on which sprint star Carl 
Lewis finished last in the 1 00 meters. Henry 
Marsh was disqualified in the 3.000 meters 
steeplechase and John Powell failed to 
appear for the discus. 

Greg Foster set the Americans on the road 
to recovery by boating former world record 
holder Alejandro Casanas of Cuba in the 1 10 
meters hurdles. He won in 1 3 32 seconds. 

Mel Lattany followed up with a 200 meters 
triumph in 20.21 seconds to deny Olympic 
silver medallist Allan Wells of Britain a sprint 
double following his 100 meters triumph on 
Friday. Wells said later he had been suffering 
from a stomach upset. 

The new-found confidence of the U.S. 
ream was maintained by Tvkt Peacock, who 
look the high jump with 2.28 meters, and the 
4x400 relay squad ended the track program 
on a triumphant note by winning in two 
minutes 34. 1 2 seconds. 

The remaining men's event of the day. the 
3.000 meters went to Ireland's Eamonn 
C'oghlan. w ho won a slow race in 1 4 minutes 
08.34 seconds -in the absence of world 
record holder Henry 1 Rnnn of Kenya. Rono 
was selected to represent Africa but declined 
to run because he had not been allowed to 
tackle Friday's 10.000 meters. 

Coghlan. 28. who had never previously 
realised his full potential outdoors despite a 
distinguished career running on boa- is. 
clocked 14 minutes 08 -39 seconds in what 
must have been one of the slowest champion- 
ship races on record. The runners allowed 
India's Gniai Satni. the slowest man in the 
field, to set the pace in the early stages. 

No surprisingly for a man who has until 
now been more at home over 1.500 meters. 
Coghlan had enough basic speed to push 
kunze down into second spot in 14:08.54 
with Italian Vittorio Dontanclla third in 
14:04.06. 


Final day’s results! 


Men 


110 Meters hurdles: I. Greg Foster (Ui.) 15.32; 2. 
Alejandro Casanas | America*-* ‘aha) 13-36; 3. Juiinslvan 
( Europe - C zecboslova kia ) 13.66. 

200 meters: 1. Mel Lanany (U.S.J 20.21 ; 2. Alan WeDs 
(Europe-Britaln) 20.53: 3. Frank Emmefmann (East 
Germany) 20.57. 

5,00 meters: 1 . Eamonn Coghlan (Europe-Ireland) 14: 
<18.39; 2. Hansjoerg Kunze (East Germany) 14:08.54: 3. 
Vinorin Dontanella (Italy) 14:09.06. 

Htghjump: 1. Tyke Peacock (U5.)2^8;2.Gero Nagel 
(Europe- West Germany) 2.26: 3. Joerg Freinmth (East 
Germany) 2.24. 

4M meters rel a y: I . United Stales two minutes 59.12 
«tcti«niK- 2. Europe 2:59.12: 3. Americas 3:02.01 . 


Women 

400 Meters: 1. Jarmila Kratochvilova ( Europe - 
Czechoslovakia) 48.61 : 2. Marita Koch (East Germany) 
49.27; 3. Jackie Pusey (Americas-Jamaica) 51-48. 

4X100 meters relay: 1 . East Germany 42.22; 2- United 
States 42.82; 3. Soviet Union 43.01 . 

Javelin: 1. Antnaneta Todorova (Europe- Bulgaria) 
80.08:2. Petra Falkc (East Germany) 66.60; 3. Karinpiiih 
(U.S.) 63.04. 

Discuss: 1 . Evelin Jahl (East Gennany) 66.70; 2. Maria 
Petkova ( Europe -B uJgaria ) 66.30: 3. Galina Savinkova 
(Soviet Union) 63-96- 

Long jump: 1. Eigrio Ulbricht (East Germany) 6.80; 2. 
Jodi Anderson (U.S.) 6.61; 3. Anna Wlodarcayk 
(Europe -Poland) 6.59. 


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In NFL opener 

Broncos record upset 
victory over Raiders 


NEW YORK. Sept. 7 <AP) — The under- 


dogs had their day on the first Sunday of the 
1981 National Football League season. 11 k* 


(Wtrapboto) 

TRIUMPHS: Mel I*attany crosses the finish line to win the 200 meters event at the World 
Cop Athletics Sunday. At ex tr e m e left is East Germany’s Frank Emmehnann. On the 
right is Soviet Union's Yuri Nanmyenko (No. 7) followed by Japan’s Tosbio Toyota. 


How they finished- 


MEN 


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1. Europe 

2. East Germany 

3. U.S. 

4. Soviet Union 

5. Americas 

6. Italy 

7. Africa 

8. Oceania 

9. Asia 


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8. Asia 

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biggest shocker was the Denver Broncos' **-7 
victory' over the Oakland Raiders. la«t sea- 
son's Super Bowl champions. 

In three other big upsets, the Kansas City 
Chiefs outscorvd the Pittsburgh Steele rs 
37-28 and the Houston Oilers stunned the 
Los Angeles Rams 27-20. 

Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles, test 
season's Bowl Losers, opened their campaign 
by trimming the New York Giants 24-10. 
Saturday night, in the season opener, the 
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Min- 
nesota Vikings 21-13. 

Craig Morton's 44-yard tnuchdow n pass to 
Rick Upchurch and Fred Stein fort's 2^-yard 
field goal accounted for Denver's scoring in 
the Broncos' shocker over Oakland. The 
Raiders generally were ineffective on 
offense, losing the ban twice on downs and 
once each on a fumble and an interception in 
the fourth period. 

The Eagles, beating the Giants for the 1 2th 
straight time, held New York to 55 yards 
rushing and sacked quarterback phil Simms 
six times for 66 yards in losses. Philadelphia 
got touchdowns from Rodney Parker on a 
55-yard pass from Ron Jaworski and from 
Wilbert Montgomery and Pern Harrington 
on 1 -bard runs. 

Linebacker Thomas Howard sciH'ped up a 
Terry Bradshaw fumble and raced 65 yards 
for a TD with 1 :5d left, giving Kansas City its 
surprising victory over the error-prone Steel- 
crs. Pittsburgh fumbled eight times. U>$ing 


five, had two fupacs Intercepted and missed 
two extra point attempts. 

Rookie Rand) Meroilten rafted lor 146 
yards ami two fourth-quarter touchdowns, 
helping the Colts. wbn had been wmicn in 
four exhibition games, to their upset over 
New Hnatend. McMBlan. who carried 16 
times, tallied % m rims of 35 tod 2 yards in the 
final period. _ 

Rookie Willis Tolbs* VS-yard kickoff 
return for a touchdown with 57 wcuods 
remaining broke a 20-20 tic and _£*ve Hous- 
tun its victory over Los Angles. Earlier. Ken 
Stabler, the OHcYa quarterback who bad 
announced his. retirement thte year and then 
decided to come back, threw TD passes of 33 
yards to Rob Carpenter and 20 yards to Ken 
Burrough. 

Dallas spoiled the head coaching debut nf 
Washington's Joe Gibbs, with the offensive 
help of Danny White's TD strikes nf 33 yards 
to Billy Joe Dupree and 42 yards to drew 


Pearson . Rafael Septic n" x tour field goals and 
Tony Dorsctt’ s 132 yards on 21 carries: 


defensively. Dallas four field goals and Tony 
Dorsctt's 132 yards oh 21 carries, defen- 
sively. Dallas intercepted four Joe Thefe- 
munn passes and limited Washington to 44 
yards rushing. 

’ Bum Phillips' debut as New Odoms’ head 
coach also was a flop, as Atlanta's defense 
shackled the Saints' offense and Fitamf 
quarterback Steve Bartkowski tossed three 
scoring passes, two to Wallace Francis and 
one to Alfred JcftLtftS. The Saints* George 
Rogers, the No. I draft choice in the NFL, 
gained tri yards on 13 carries. 


McEwan flogs Japanese judoists finish in blaze of gl ory 

Middlesex attack Y amashita bags 

LONDON. Sept 7. (R)— South African ® 


¥* 


Ken McHwan hammered a match-winning 
century to help Essex sustain the challenge 
for their first Hnglish Sunday League cricket 
title Sundav; 


grand double 


Mchwan's 104. containing three sixes and 
seven fours, was the inspiration of a three- 
wicket win against Middlesex with two balls 
to spare. The South African and skipper 
Kcithc Fletcher, who will lead England on 
the tour of India and Sri Lanka starting in 
November, put lissck on course for success 
with a third w icker partnership of 106 in I M 
overs. 


Essek triumphed at 102 for seven after 
West Indian Roland Butcher boosted Mid- 
dlesex to I *J0 for seven by cracking 88 in even 
lime. Leaders F.sscx stay top and will clinch 
the league if they win their final catch against 
Surrey next Sunday 

Champions Warwickshire arc the only 
other ream « rh a chance of the title and 
remained in serir-d place, two points behind 
the leaders after a r -wicket w in over Kent. 


MAASTRICHT. Netherlands. Sept 7 
(AFP) — Japan finished in blaze of glory on 
the final day of the 1 2th World Judo ( ’hamp- 
tonships here when Yasuhiko Moriwaki won 
the flyweight (up to 60 kg) title and Yasuhiro 
Yamashita won the open category to give 
their country a total of four gold medals. 

Yamashita. who won at heavyweight (over 
»*5 kg) on Thursday, became the first man 
ever to win two titles at a single world champ- 
ionship. as well as being the first Japancse 
cver selected to compete in two weight clas- 
ses at one World Championship. 

Japan came here hoping to make up for 




missing the Moscow Olympics but hit a snag 
on Friday w hen Japanese finalists lost at both 


Warwickshire would *r:ep the title if they 


beat third-placed Som.-vi in their last game 
and Hssex lost to Surrev. 


At Canterbury: Warwickshire beat Kent 
by nine wickets, kent *>6 in 7.3 oveifA. Fer- 
reira three for t4: h. Pemiman three for 21 ). 
Warwickshire W for one after 28.5 overs 
(T.LJoyd 53 not out) Warwickshire four 
points. 


At the Dual: Surrey beat Worcestershire 
by eight wickets. Worcestershire 183(38 
overs) innings dosed (D. Patel 82) Surrey 
185 for two after 32.2 overs (D. Panline 
92:M. Lynch 46 not out). Surrey four points, 
points. 


middleweight and welterweight, to France's 
Bernard fchoullouyan and Britain's neil 
Adams. 

Katsuhiko Kashiwazki's ritle win at |unior 
lightweight on Saturday left the Japanese 
with only two gold medals as the final day of 
competition began, the worst situation they 
have ever been in at a World C 'hampionship. 

lapan won four gold medals at the previous 
championships in Paris in The Soviet 
Union. South Korea. France and Britain won 
one each of the remaining four events. 

Yamashita was overwhelming Sunday, 
winning all his four matches on ippon. with a 
sliding collar strangle scaling ‘the fate of 
Poland* s Wojciech Reszko in the final. 

The Japanecs. 24. also a record file-times 
all-Japan champion, said he was 'never* in 
trouble once in the toummem but added: "I 
was never certain befor** a msr.’h that I was 
going to win" 



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CONCEDES: Poland’s Wojciech Reszko. taps the floor to concede defeat to Japanese 
star Yasuhiro Yamashita. who has him locked #n a strangle hold, during the open 
category final at the World Judo Championship Sunday. 


But Yamashita. unbeaten since 1^77. said 
his plans for the future included “improving 
in every aspect of judo." 

Yamashita is impressive in even - way — by 
his size ( 1 27kg). his ferocious expression, the 
power with which he advances, like a bull- 
dozer. on his opponent, and the utter grace of 
his movements, when the bulldozer changes 
into a sw iftly moving judo machine. 


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plan to continue competing. He was bronze j 
medalisgit Paris in 1U74 and said the compet- 
ition here wasn't any tougher and he wasn't 
any better, but that his experience helped him 
win. 


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Mtfk NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (AP) — “I dodged a 
v UiiIlci" Jimmy Connors said after barely 
bating back an upset bid by Andres Gomez 
T Ecuador Sunday and advancing to the 
jurth round of the U.S. Open Tennis 
hampionships. 

**I played great in some spots,” Connors 
lid. “He played great throughout. I don’t 
link you've seen as many forehands like that 
om anyone. He goes all the way into the 
ands to hit a forehand.” 

The battle wasn’t decided until Connors 
red only his second ace of the match to win a 
fth-set tiebreaker 7-5. On the winning 
lint. Connors swung his serve wide to 
omez's forehand, and the gritty left-hander 
st watched it as it hit on the line. It ended a 
■a marie 4-hour, 23-minute battle that saw 
uh players repeatedly question line calls. 
“1 thought maybe the serve was out,” 
omez said. “1 was so nervous that maybe I 
sated them all to be out.” But when it was 
■er, Connors had won the bitterly contested 
‘trie 6-7. 6-3, 6-1, 4-6. 7-6, while Gomez 
id won respect. 

Two seeded players fell Sunday. Mike 
thill eliminated 12th-seeded Johan Kriek 
South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4, while 
-year-old Barbara Gerkick a hi gh school 
nior upset seventh seed, Wendy Turnbull 
Australia, 7-5, 6-3. 

The No. 2 seed, Sweden’s Bjorn Boig 
■ept past David Carter of Australia 6-2, 
2, 6-2 as the attempts to capture bis first 
S. Open. Carter was never in the match as 
- nearly full stadium of 20,146 watched the 
wedish machine" carve up his opponent 
The Connors-Gomez match began on a 
Ting note for Gomez. He was tndentified 
-ee times by the umpire as being from Mex- 
t. He finally walked to the umpire’s stand 
d corrected him before he served to begin 

. £• >: match. 

|l] Ql/Then came the line calls, and most of them 


seemed to go against the unseeded Gomez. 
Connors, seeded fourth here and going after 
his fourth U.S. Open singles crown and 
Gomez played by far the most exciting match. 
The two-left-handers, traded ground strokes, 
volleys and smashes. 

A mistake by one was turned into a winner 








Jimmy Connors 

by the other. A good shot wasn’t good 
enough. A perfect was not always a winner. 

Connors broke Gomez in the thir d and 
seventh games of the first set But Gomez 
broke the American in the fourth and eight 
games, and they eventually went to a tieb- 
reaker, which Gomez won 7-4. 

Connors then took the next two sets rela- 
tively easily and appeared poised to dose out 
the set. Instead, Gomez, who like Connors 
battled leg cramns as well as his oppoj^nt. 


Peru makes it to Spain 


' '1 LIMA, Peru, Sept. 7 (AP) — The -Peruvian 
t ional soccer team qualified Sunday to play 
the 1982 World Cup Championship in 

ain. tying Uruguay O-O before 50,000 spec- 
ors in the National Stadium here. 

. ... . Sunday's tic gave Peru six points from four 
" me* in Group II of South America, which 
a includes Colombia, which had already 
cn eliminated. 

The game, cheered on by wildly entbusias- 
tocal fans, was marked by rough play on 
: part of the Uruguayans, superior ball co ti- 
ll by the Peruvians and a' Uruguayan team 
lich did not give up until the game was over. 
Uruguay, which will play Colombia In 
■gota next Sunday, has three points in the 
-oup followed by Colombia with one point, 
vas the second consecutive time Peru qual- 
■d for a World Cup berth, having played in 
78 in Argentina along with Uruguay, two 
ics world champion and at the beginning of 
; Group II eliminations considered the 
ongest team. 

. / j Peru will join BrazflJThile and Argentina 
-■ South American selections in the 1982 
orid Cup playoffs. Argentina, the current 
ampkin. qualified automatically. 
Meanwhile, Ron Greenwood’s plan to 
-Id his eleven Budapest side when England 
some their World Cup quest in Norway on 
. ednesday suffered a further blow Sunday 
ten Coppell the Manchester United for- 
irti aggravated a pre-season ankle injury on 
turday and will not be with the squad when 
„\v fly to Oslo Monday afternoon. 

Trevor Brooking, whose two goals earned 
lgland tbeir qualification lifeline in Hun- 

ry. will travel but. having missed West 
mi's opening game with a calf strain, must 
doubtful. 

"It is accepted that we would have liked to 


keep the same team as in Hungary but cir- 
cumstances have offset that possibility.” said 
the England manager. 

“ It is a pity because it would have been an 
advantage to use the same team," Green- 
wood added. “But we have the same squad 
and that is the importantthing.” 

Terry Yorath flew to Prague Monday 
ready to join the most exclusive club in Welsh 
soccer, if, as seems certain. Yorath plays in 
Wednesday's crucial World Cup qualifying 
clash against Czechoslovakia, the midfield 
man will become only the second Welsh 
player to break the 60, caps barrier. 

Manager, Mike England, whose ride need 
a point from the Czechs for reaching next 
year’s Spain finals, gave his captain a great 
send-off. “No one hasgiven better service to 
Welsh soccer than Terry Yorath and he is 
raring to go now”. 

Yorath, who left Tottenhom for Van- 
couver Whitecaps earlier this year, collected 
the first of his59 caps in 1 970. “Terry is at the 
end of the American season and is Fit. 

“He didn't have one of his better games 
against the Russians at the end of May. but 
that was because he hadn't been playing 
much at club level", added England. 

The goalless draw against the Soviets main- 
tained Wales’ unbeaten record — they top 
their Group with nine points from five games. 

If Wales draw in Prague, they should easily 
overcome Iceland at home next month and 
that would make it impossible for the Czechs 
and Soviets to both qualify. “ I have never met 
a squad so determined and our tails are high” , 
added England. “Swansea* s success has given 
Welsh football a tremendous boost and I 
hope we can continue that”. 


aseball standings. 


NmJomI Lcaffac 


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nisi on 18 9 .677 — 

n Francisco 16 10 *615 1% 

is Angeles 16 11 J93 2 

14 12 338 3«t 

minnaii 13 13 .500 4Vi 

n Oiep* 8 20 .286 10% 

Results: Houston 4. Montreal 3, 12 
flings; Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4; 
liaula 5. New York 2; Los Angeles 5, St. 
ouis 0: Pittsburgh 9, San Diego 5; San 
mncisco 3. Chicago 0. 


Detroit 

Nfiwaukee 

Baltimore 

New York 

Boston 

Cleveland 

Toronto 

Kansas City 
Oakland 
California 
Texas 


Seattle 

Minnesota 


W L Pet- GB 

18 9 .667 8 

17 11 .607 1% 

15 11 .577 2% 

IS 12 .556 3 

14 12 338 3% 

15 13 .536 3% 

13 12 .520 4 

West 

13 14 .481 — 

12 13 .480 — 

11 14 .444 1 

11 14 AM 1 

11 15 .423 1% 

10 17 370 3 

10 18 357 3% 


' Results: Boston 6, Seattle 1 ; Baltimore 3, 
Oakland 4; Cleveland 2, California 0; 
Toronto 3, Chicago 2; Milwaukee 8, Min- 
nesota 7, 10 innings; New York 6, Kansas 
City 1 ; Detroit 4, Texas 3. 


Strikers edge out Kicks 


MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 7 (AP) — Scoring 
nsation Branko Segota drilled two quick 
als to open the second half and assisted on 
third goal late in the game as the Fort 
<udcrda)c Strikers eliminated the Min- 
Miia Kicks 3-0 from the North American 
ccer League playoffs Sunday. 

The Strikers, 19-14 for the season, 
vancc to the semifinals. Scgota’s two goals 
vc him nine for the season, tops in the 
•\SL. He has scored all but two of Fort 
.uderdalc’s 1 1 playoff goals. 

Segota struck four minutes into the second 
If. intercepting a pass from Minnesota's # 
:m Merrick to goalkeeper Tmo Lettieri. It 
tied behind Lettieri and into the goal. 


Two minutes later, Segota took a pass from 
Bern Holzenbein andTeofilo Cubillasas Let- 
tieri was running up on it and Fort Lauder- 
dale led 2-0. Cubillas scored the final goal 
with an assist from Segota with 12 minutes 
left in the game. 

In another match, Lorenz Hilkes and Caz 
Deyna scored first-half goals for San Diego 
and netminder Volkmar Gross made that 
enough as the Sockets downed the Jackson- 
ville Tea Men 2-1. 

The Sockets' victory evened the best-of- 
three quarter-finals at one game each, with 
the deciding contest to be played Wednesday 
night at San Diego Stadium. 


Australia, U.S. have it easy 


SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts Sept. 7 
.P) — The United States and Australia 
th won second-round matches Sunday in 
: American Cup Women's (field) Hockey 
■urn amen 1 . setting up a championship 
.•cling Monday at Springfield College. 

The third-ranked United States advanced 
th an easy 3-0 victory over Argentina, and 
th- ranked Australia disposed of Olympic 
ampion Zimbabwe 3-1 . 

Both winners are assurg^of competing in 
• American Cup final round in Phfladel- 
. io Sept. 12-13, alongsrith Great Britain 


and either Canada or West Germany. 

In Columbus, Ohio, Dana Sinclair scored 
on a penalty shot with five minutes to play to 
give Canada a 2-2 tie with top-ranked West 
Germany. 

Great Britain, meanwhile shut out Ireland 
3-0 to move into first place in the three-day 
tournament and set up a Monday showdown 
between the Britons and Germans. 

Kim Gordon. Margaret Souyave and Jane 
Swinnerton scored goals of Great Britain. 
Swinnerton's score was third of the tourna- 
ment at Ohio State University. 


fought back with brilliant cross-court passing 
shots and down-tbe-line rockets that Con- 
nors could only wave at. 

Gomez broke Connors in the third game, 
the only break of the fourth set Then the two 
warriors. Connors retying on experience and 
Gomez on strength, moved to die final set. 

Gomez made the first move, breaking 
Connors in the third game when he jumped 
on a serve and returned a blistering forehand 
down-tbe-line. 

Connors pulled even in the sixth game 
when Gomez was shot on a lob that Connors 
put away, then hit two forehands long. With 
the score 5-5, Connors lost his serve when be 
double-faulted at game point. But he broke 
right back to send the match into the deciding 
tiebreaker. 

Connors won three straight points (o take a 

5- 2 lead. But he then double-faulted and 
Gomez won the next point, pulling to 4-5. 

Connors won the next point, breaking 
Gomez's serve, when he hit a deep forehand 
that appeared to be long. The linesman called 
it good and Gomez’s return, a forehand, was 
definitely long on the other end. That made it 

6- 4, Connors, as the players traded ends. 

“I felt many things (at die changeover). .Jie 

was really exdted for the tiebreaker and I was 
a little bit down,’ Gomez said. 

Gomez staved off match point as he fired a 
forehand deep into the corner and Connors 
could only managed to net a weak return. 
Then came the ace. It was over. 

In other third-round matches, eighth- 
seeded Eliot Teltscher defeated Vijay Ararit- 
raj of India 6-2. 6-4, 6-0; No. 9 Roscoe Tan- 
ner ousted Chris Mayotte 7-6, 6-1, 6-1 and 
No. 16 Brian Gottfried eliminated Tim 
Mayotte 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6. 

In the women’s singles fourth-seeded Mar- 
tina Navratilova crushed Joanne Russel 6-2, 
6-1, while No. 1 1 Barbara Potter downed 
Lindsay Morse 4-6. 6-2. 7-5. 






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John Bland, Colin Seymonr, Chris Mahoney ami Mark Andrews. * 

Haas walks away with B.C. Open crown 

ENDICOTT. New York, Sept. 7 (AP) — Kite trailed Haas by three strokes going li was the second straight week Kite 1 
Jay Haas shot a 2-under-par 69 over the into Sunday’s championship round but failed finished second. Last Sunday Kite 

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eight in 14 of the last 15 tournaments. But he 
has won only the Inverrary Classic this year. 
He entered the B.C. Open, the tournament 
be won in 1978, as the fourth leading 
money-winner this year with $305,624. He 
added $29,700 to his total with Sunday’s 
second-place finish. 


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OPEC price issue 


Venezuela’s stand 
unchanged — Berti 


CARACAS. Sept. 7 — Venezuela will 
take part in any new OPf-.C ' (Organization of 
Petroleum Exporting Countries) consultative 
meeting if there is a real possibility of agre- 
eing a unified price. Energy and Mines Minis- 
ter Humberto Calderon Berti said. 

He was commenting on reports that 
Kuwait has been sounding out OPEC col- 
leagues on a meeting later this month to 
resolve price differences. 

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Oil Minister 
Mana Said Al-Oteiba denied Saturday that 
such a meeting would be held before the next 
scheduled OPEC session on Dee. 10. 

Calderon said Venezuela remained firm on 
holding the bench mark price at *36. "Our 
position is the same as it was in Geneva." he 
told reporters. 

"There is nothing formal yet on a meet- 
ing." he said, adding that he had spoken with 
Kuwait Oil Minister Ali Khalifa Al-Sabah 


w ho w as consulting Saudi Arabian ( fil Minis- 
ter Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani. He said 
Venezuela has. maintained constant contact 
with its OPEC partners since last month's 
Geneva meeting, and is confident of rcaehing 

an agreement. 

Asked what mighi be the basis for discus- 
sum in another meeting. Calderon said vari- 
ous formulae were examined in Geneva, but 
he did not want to pre-empt a future meeting 
h> giving details. Last month. Venezuela was 
initially the only country holding out for a 
S3b benchmark, and was prepared to make 
concessions only if Saudi Arabia had agreed 
to a unified price of *s3A 

Calderon has insisted that OPEC should 
not reduce priees and that Venezuela itself 
has not experienced any difficulty in selling 
its oil. Pnxluction has risen by 40.000 barrels 
per day to 2. 1 million in the last month, mak- 
ing it OPEC's second largest producer. 


$2m bond set in drug case 


CHICAGO. Sept. 7 (AP) — Bond of ^2 
million was set Saturday by a federal magis- 
trate for a man accused of selling heroin to 
undercover agents. 

The sale followed '' hundreds of meetings 
with them all over the world." said Mon 
Edelstein. a spokesman for the U.S. drug 
enforcement administration. John Raya. 
32. and Joseph Skaf f. 3 1 . were charged Fri- 
day with sale and possession of heroin with 
intent to deliver it after a DfcA agent 


bought 2.2 pounds of Asian heroin For 
SI 50.000 in a motel parking lor. Edelstein 
said. 

Both are alleged to be operatives of an 
international heroin ring that operated 
from Afghanistan. Iran and Pakistan, the 
spokesman said. Skaffs bond was set at 
S lU.OUO and was later posted. Edelstein 
said. Edelstein said charges against a third 
man. Albert Kassardgi. 31. of Lebanon, 
were dropped Saturday for lack of evi- 
dence. 


BRIEFS 


• NEW DELHI. (AFP) — India expects to 
reduce oil imports by 12 percent next year, 
•in the light of improved prospects for an 
Indian output rise the Hindustan Times said 
Monday. This would save India an esti- 
mated $666 million, the paper said, noting 
that the country had contracted to import 
1 6 million tons this year. The discovery of 
new oil fields near Bombay was announced 
last week. Current Indian output is I ? mil- 
lion tons a year. 

TOKYO. (AFP) — Japanese ear imports 
in August totaled 2.783 units against a July 
figure of 3.413. the Automobile Importers 
Association said. Last month's total was 8.7 
percent down on a year earlier. Of the total. 
1 .813 came from W est Germany. 5 1 3 from 
the U.S. and 202 from Britain. Italy pro- 
vided 78. Sweden 56 and France 41. 

MOS( 'OW. (AFP) —Cement, metal and 
other building materials by the tens of mil- 
lions of tons are wasted yearly in the Soviet 
Union due to management errors, the party 
newspaper Pruvda has said. Time and mat- 


erials were wasted because products con- 
taining only minor defects were rejected, 
and lop quality materials were often used 
w hen other categories would suffice. Pravda 
called on ministries and other bodies to 
keep a closer watch on management in the 
building sector. 

PROVO. Utah. (AFP) — Zoologists are 
attempting to raise lobsters commercially in 
sea w ater at Springville nea r here, just north 
of the Rocky Mountains. The water is 
heated and cooled as necessary by means of 
solar power. The lobsters are kept in cages, 
to stop the big ones eating (he little one's, 
which are their facoritc food. Instead they 
are given foodstuffs similar to cattle feed. It 
takes 10 years for a lobster to reach matur- 
ity. 

WASHINGTON. (AFP) — Only 2.7 
percent of Americans live of the land today- 
compared with 15.3 percent in 1150 and 
30.1 percent in 1 130. the commerce 
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Reinstatement 
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staff ruled out 

WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 (R) _ Labor 
Secretary Raymond Doth mm ruled out any 
.‘hnnee that striking U.S. air traffic control- 
lers would be re-employed and said he 
ipplaudcd President Reagan's hardline on 
the issue. "The president's position is Hear on 
that issue. There "ill be no amnesty." Dono- 
van said in an ABC television interview. 

More than 1 2.(1110 members of the Profes- 
sional Air Traffic C‘« mi roHenf Organization 
(PATCO) stopped work August 3 to press 
for better wages and conditions, despite a law 
prohibiting federal employees from striking. 
Reagan dismissed them after they ignored a 
work -or- be -fired ultimatum. 

"W e are a nation of bu and order." Dono- 
van said. “We cannot pick and choose those 
laws which we will kept and those which we 
will break..." 

“I applaud the president for having taken 
the position ... for facing it as clearly as he 
has." Tlhc administration is refusing to 
negotiate with P ATt '< > and is staffing control 
towers with military personnel, non-striking 
controllers and supervisors. 

Lane Kirkland, president of the American 
Federation of Labor-Congress of lndustiral 
Organization (AFL-CIO). m a CBS televi- 
sion interview, said the president had estab- 
lished the fact that he was very bard Fisted. 


Crisis feared 


3rd Wbrid debts worry banks §jj[, e or 


PARIS. Sept. 7 f AFP) — C oncern that the 
West's hanking system might not be able to 
cope with growing debts owed particularly hv 
the Third World countries, have been given 
an airing in l.urope’this week. 

The figures behind these fears, in so far as 
they affect the U.S. banking system, were 
given some lime ago and now the co- 
chairman of West Germany's largest bank, 
the Deutsche Bank, has expressed some con- 
cern. Dr w ilfrid Guth said that multinational 
lending agencies an international hankers 
should be prepared for possible problems in 
the 1-urocredil markets. 

Re jecting any suggestion that he shares the 
views ot thiwe who see something dramatic 
happening, he declared: "We may be optim- 
ists or pessimists by nature, but as good hank- 
ers we have to be prepared for the more 
difficult situations, which could occur." 

C oncem m the U.S. centers on the fear that 
some banks there are overkmding to the 
developing world and that the World Bank 
and International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
should find a way of spreading the risk. This 
aspect of the problem was echoed by Dr. 
Guth who said that the IMF “must be pre- 
pared to act without hesitation in an 
emergency .*” 

Meanwhile Amcx Bank, the London sub- 
sidiary' of American i-xpress. commented in 
its latest review that it discounted fears that 
the national banking system may be unable to 


cope with the financing requirement* of !• ***. 
dcvelivped countries with no oil. 

The review said thal an analyw of bank 
exposure indicated that there was Millroom 
for banks outside the U.S. t>* lend to levs 
developed countries. 

European and Japanese banks have rela- 
tively limited exposure, the review said, whik' 
nothing that Arab hanks have increased the 
proporiwm of their lending to ncin'il produc- 
ing developing count tit's from three fvreent 
in 1176 to 32 percent in 1180. 

Past lending in this sector accounted for. 

4.8 percent of banks' intcmuthtnnl assets at 
the end of 1180. with a spread ranging from 

7.8 peavnt for Dutch banks to 22 percent for 
U.S. banks. 

Overall l-.uromarkct banking has lent 20 
percent of assets t«> less developed countries. 

• However, this leaves open one of the fears 
in some U.S. circles that serious problem* 
could be posed if countries like Romania and 
Turkey go the way of Poland. 

Meanwhile, the Londtw Financial Times 
has carried a long article «*n a different but 
related aspect of confidence m the money 
markets. In a study of support in the U.S. for 
a return to the gold standard. ( ongressman 
Ron Paul w as quoted as saying: "W e have the 
destruction of the bond market and the sav- 
ings and loans associations. I \cntually they 
won't be able to sell government bonds. Then 
thev’ll listen.” 


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China yet to figure out value of statistics 


TOKYO. Sept. 7 — Reliable statistics, an 
essential tool of economic management, are 
in a shambles in China aad the country’s 
leaders fail to recognize the problem, says a 
new study issued in Japan. 

“The Chinese leadership dass is interested 
more in the propaganda value of figures than 
in their accuracy.” wrote economist Hiyoshi 
Kgawa, “Figures that can convince the mas- 
ses of the infallibility of the parly, even if in 
accurate, are what the leaders want.” 

The study appears in the latest Issue of 
China Newsletter published by the semi- 
official Japan External Trade Organization 
(JHTRO). 

The author noted that < hina set up a statis- 
tical organization in Ii63.but it was des- 
troyed or neglected during the H66- 
76"eultiiral revolution” and has never been 
restored. 

Flaw a said the lack of a sound statistical 
base sabotaged China's multi-hill ion-dollar 
ec» momic plan anrn mneed in i 178. w hieh w as 
to be the first phase of a 20-year program of 
crash modernization. 

"Not suprisingly. the plan struck the hard 
wall of reality 1*0 months later and was 
shelved before the end of l *»78.” I-gaw a said. 
The Japanese are peculiarly equipped to 
appraise China's statistical system. Their 
post-World W ar II recovery was built on a 
carefully constructed statistical foundation. 

Moroover.as China's no. I trading partner. 

rr^ boot taste no u> 


Japan has an important stake in seeing its 
economic program succeed. The 1 178 plan's 
failure forced the Chinese to cancel or delay 
several billion dollars worth of industrial 
plant contracts many of them Japanese. 

Kgawa said the attitude that statistics are 
i-nly* useful for propaganda purposes affects 
every level of the eeomwny. and causes func- 
tionaries at the lower levels to report what 
they think will please superiors. 

India to get subs 
from W. Germany 

Nl-W DELHI. Sept. 7 (AFP) — The 
Indian Defease Ministry will close a <440 
million deal in the next few days for the pur- 
chase of tw • submarines from W est Germany 
and the manufacture of two more by India, 
sources ui the ministry said here Monday. 

A German team from the Howaldt 
Deutsche Werke (HDW ) .shipyard had talks 
with defense ministry -ifficiaLs here at the 
week-end to finalize the contract, the sources 
indicated. 

These final negotiations, after a memoran- 
dum of understanding was signed in Bonn in 
May covered the delivery schedule of the 
submarines, spares supply, and transfer of 
technology as well as a protect report on 
manufacturing a further two.suhmarinc.s in an 

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“The resulting statistics consequently can- 
not serve to guide government policy or even 
help monitor that policy. Instead, they are 
created to suit that policy," he said. 

He said CTtina docs not even know such 
basic facts as how large an area it covers or 
how many people it has. “The government 
has only conducted a full census of the popu- 
lation tw ec. in H53 and H64.” the author 
wrote. “For this reason, recent announce- 
ments of China's total population (17U mtl- 
1km) are not believed wholeheartedly by 
anyone, including the Chinese themselves.” 

He claimed the ofFvcial figure of 4.6 million 
square kilometers (3.6 million square miles) 
for China’s area “was concocted hastily in 
one night, based on inadequate materials at 
hand” for a speech to be given by Chairman 
Mao tso-Tung. on the eve of the Oct. 1 . 1 444 
proclamation creating the people's republic 

“The nature of the central leadership may 
have changed in the past 30 years" Kgawa 
said, “but it has always tended to hide 
unwanted figures.” Kgawa said China's new 
leaders are trying to rebuild the statistical 
system as a reliable reference for economic 
planning, but said this effort is lagging badly. 

The Soviet Union, he said, has 22(1.00(1 
people in its national statistical organization, 
eight per 10.000 of population. China has 
16.000 people, or 0.16 per 10.000 people. 
"Not only are Chinese statistical workers 
scarce both in absolute and relative terms, 
they arc also poor in quality .” he addcd.ntU- 
mg that few have received any specialized 
training at all. ~ 


U.S. missiles 

LONDON. Sept. 7 (AP) — T hi Brttkh 
program to fcdfciw its U S, 'armed nuck'vr 
submarines with at* mastics antisubmarine 
may cost 20 percept over the original £5 hrf. . 
lion < M.2 billion) budget, a report said Mon- 
day. .... 

The change to £6 btUion ($11 billion) 
stems lr«nn nuclear weapon devvlopim-nts in 
the United States, which involve phasing inn 
the smaller, cheaper. Trident t m&rikMhat 
Britain was contracted to buy. in favor of thv . 
larger, longer rouge Trident 11. ah*' know n as 
the D5. 

The newer mhxUes require a larger Sib 
than Britain intended -ti> build to repfaru the 
present fleet ot fcHtr. armed with aging 
American Polaris misriks. 

The FinancialTtmn said that U.S. Defense 
Secretary Caspar Weinberger basin formed 
his British counterpart. John Noit. that q 
decisit'n to g*» for. thv D5 is imminent. 

The dkrkwc ministry declined comment on-' 
the report. 

Catbucks in the British armed fori'es.pcr-. 
ticularly in the Royal Navy, already are tak*-' 
ing place m order to pay fiir Trident. 

Meanwhile, Prime Minhucr Margarci 
Thatcher's cabinet was scheduled In deride 
Tuesday whether to order the new wmg my" 
torpi'do from Britain's Marconi Co. or the 
U.S. Mark 48 from Gould Inc. 

Press reports said the sting ray is morv 
expensive and there would be further cuts. in 
the navy if it is chosen, Bui as many as 5.0IH) 
jobs at Marconi and its suppliers «wW be To** 
if Gould gets the contract. 

N. Zealand deficit 
touches new high 

WFLUNGTON. New Zealand, Sept. 7 
( AP) — New Zealand had abtdaneenf pay. : r 
ments deficit of 718 mlfiktn New Zealand 
dollars in tlu* year ended July 3 1 . compared 
with a deficit of 502 miflkm in the year 
ended 31.7.1 V80 and a deficit of 444 mil-, 
lion New Zealand dollars ht the year ended 
31.7.1971 the Reserve Bank of New -Zea- 
land reported Monday. 

Thv bank comments that export receipts 
rose by 18 percent over the July yearmainly 
through a rapid growth of dairy receipts (42 . 
percent) reflecting improved intematk'nal 
prices, an increase in meal rcctripU (25 par- • 
cent) largely due to increased production 
and a 23 percent rise in receipts from man. 
ufaetured exports. 

The bank amrmenu dial the growth of 
import payments has been slowing 
throughout l<ttt and for the July ycanhey 
were H pereem higher. The dedining 
growth trenef b due to- a decelcratii'n of 
import price movements. , 

At the end of July, official itverwas . 
reserves totalled A12 million New Zealand 
dollars, compared with 860 million New 
Zealand dollars at 31.7.1 WO and UI8 mil- 
lion New Zealand doMats at 3f .7,1971. 


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' TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1981 


AjabnettS Economy 






PAGE 11 


China accepts $1.3b 
aid on Japan’s terms 


PEKING. Sept. 7 (AFP) — China Monday 
;«pted a Japanese government offer of 
30.000 million yea ($1.3 billion) in 
ronomic aid that is tied to Chinese resump- 
on of some joint economic cooperation pro- 
•cts dropped last year. 

Peking radio said that Chinese vice- 
remier and chief negotiator Gu Mu has 
immunicated this to Japanese government 
ivuy Susumu Nikaido, one of Japanese 
rime Minister Zenko Suzuki* s closest col- 
.borators, currently on a three-day visit to 
hjpa. 

The Chinese government earlier sought 
Jditional Japanese economic aid amounting 
• 600.000 million yen ($2.6 billion) for three 
■ojects involving construction of a steel mfll 
■ Shanghai and petrochemical complexes in 

U.K. puts curbs 
rn dress imports 

LONDON, Sept. 7 (AFP) — The British 
epartment of Trade has announced further 
irbs on imports of clothing from China and 
hailand. 

In accordance with a textile agreement 
'tween the European Economic Continuity 
iEC) and China, it will shortly stop issuing 
iport licenes: for Chinese gloves and socks, 
these imports are about to reach a 32-ton 
^ iling set for this year. Last year, imports 
•^‘ talsd 4.4 tons. 

' Following the arrival of large quantities of 
omen's and girls' nightdresses and pyjamas 
it't-om Thailand, imports of these Thai articles 
ill be limited to 120,000 units this year and 
>6.000 next year. 


Daqing and Nanjing. The Japanese govern- 
ment then tentatively decided to offer half 
the amount that China was asking for, offi- 
cials said. 

But the Nanjing project is not covered by 
the accord. Nikaido, who arrived Tuesday in 
the Chinese capital, told journalists after the 
announcement that he and Gu Mu had 
reached an. agreement on the important 
points. 

Observers expected that an agreement 
would be formally signed during a visit by Gu 
Mu to Tokyo later this month. Nikaido is one 
of the main figures of the ruling Japanese 
Liberal Democratic Party. 

'About 130,000 million yen ($600 million), 
less than half the total aid figure, would be in 
(he form of a governmental loan. There 
would also be private loans of 70,000 million 
yen ($300 million). 

Deferred payments on previous loans — 
which would be equivalent to 100,000 mil- 
lion yen ($400 million) in aid — will be 
granted by Japan's Import-Export Bank. 
Nikaido said that he told Gu Mu that it would 
be possible to increase the payment facilities 
provided by this bank. 

The accord appeared to settle much of the 
Sino-Japanese dispute that has simmered 
during tiie last year China’s decision to 
cancel some industrial contracts. Chinese 
leaders reportedly became concerned last 
year about the rapid pace of their economic 
modernization drive. 

About thirty Sino-Japanese projects were 
dropped in China's austerity plan. It was 
believed that the Sino-Japanese accord might 
also eventually bring a thaw in talks with 
West Germany and other industrialized 
countries hit by the Chinese cutbacks. 


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Closing 

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Education 

Ministry 

Sanitary units 
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Office furniture 
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PORTS AUTORITY 

JEDDAH ISLAMIC PORT 

SHIPS MOVEMENTS UPTO 0700 HOURS ON 
9TH D.QJDAH 1401 7TH SEPTEMBER 1981 


Berth 

Name of Vessel 

Agent 

Type of Cargo 

Ait. Date 

3. 

Elsfleth 

O.C.E 

Reefer 

28.8.81 

5. 

President Os mens 

O.C.E. 

Durra & Oil Cake 

28.8.81 

6, 

Mqslake 

S.C.SA. 

Bgd. Barley & Wheat 

2.9.81 

7. 

Xintg Ming. 

Orri 

General 

5.9.81 

8. 

Rio De Janeiro 

Alsabah 

Cont/G en ./Cement 

5.9.81 

10. 

Barber Talisman 

Barber 

Cont/Ganeral 

6**1 

11. 

Sea Lion 
Karnataka • 

Kanoo 

Fkxir/Rics/Gen. 

55.81 

12. 

Alsaada 

Gen/Rica/Pipe s/ConL 

23.81 

13. 

El Keshawy) 

Fayez 

General 

4.9.81 

14, 

Neveen 1 

Fayez 

General 

5.9.81 

18. 

Achilteus l 

Rolaco. 

Bulk Cement 

2.9.81 

19, 

Louis L.D. j 

Alsabah 

Bulk Cement 

4.9.81 

20. 

cChar Ye [ 

Abdallah 

Steel/Gen. ‘ 

26.8.81 

21. 

Dover | 

Bamaodah 

Sugar 

4.9.81 

21. 

Skiathos ; 

Aiireza 

Peatmoss 

3.9.81 

22. 

Vivacity 

Bamaodah 

Bagged Barley 

5.9.81 

23. 

Sanix Belle 

Kanoo 

GerVR ice/Co ntr. 

30.8.81 

24. 

Doma T 

O.C.E. 

Reefer 

31.8*1 

25. 

Maria OUendorff 

Aiireza 

ContfGenJCement 

5.9.81 

26. 

Poseidon 

S.S.M.S.C. 

Timber/TilesIG en. 

2**1 

27. 

Twin Emerald 

Aiireza 

ContlGenerai 

3.9*1 

28. 

Takatsuki Maru 

O.C.E. 

Bananas 

3.9*1 

29. 

Bora Universal 

Star 

Reefer 

3**1 

30. 

Sri Wijbya 

Orri 

Loading Mt/s 

6.9*1 

31. 

Serifos 

MTA 

Reefer & Gen. 

20**1 

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Union Yon bo 
Yam* to Reefer 
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Fayez 

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O.C.E. 

O.C.E. 

Alogoeaibi 

General 

B. Loading Mty Contis. 
Oranges & Lemon 
Chicken 
Containers 

7.9*1 

7**1 

6**1 

6**1 

6**1 


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Omdurman AE.T. Durra 

World Con dour Gulf TimberfGen. 

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Claudia Koegel Algazirah RebarfM-PowderiGen. 

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7. Saudi Sunrise 

10. Tong Jiang 

13. Gelor-1 

14. Lang Chan Jiang 

18. Stella Nova 

20- Jade 

24 St. Louis 

26. Hellenic Explorer 

33. Yong Ding 

34. Fuping 

36. Psara Flag 

37. Recent Maple 

3 & Barge Unicement 


SMC Genera) 

Kanoo General 

UEP General 

Orri General 

Orri Loading Urea 

Goeaibi TimbertPlywood 

Orri Pipes 

AET Loading Cents. Mat. 

UEP - Bagged Cement 

Rezayat Containers 

Gulf ContsiRo Ro 

Orri General 

Orri General 

SMC Cement Silo Vassal 

Aiireza Bulk Cement 

Globe Cement Silo Vessel 


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7.9.81 

7.9.81 

7.9.81 

7.9.81 


4.9.81 

09.81 

6.9.81 

5.9.81 
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6.9.81 

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Paris conference told 

Poland unable to aid poor 


PARIS, Sept. 7 (AFP) — Poland said 
Monday It would be “unrealistic" to expect 
tbat it could increase aid in coming years due 
to its own pressing economic difficulties. 

“Poland is now passing through a period of 
extreme economic difficulties resulting in fact 
from the attempt to greatly accelerate its 
economic development," Jerzy Kapuscinski, 
general director of the Polish Trade Ministry, 
told the United Nations conference on the 
world's 31 poorest countries. 

At the beginning of the year, Poland lifted 
customs duties from all goods orginaring 
from the poorest countries, Kapuscinski said. 
“However, it must be stressed that it would 
be unrealistic to expect under the present 
circumstances any important further- 
reaching steps being taken by my government 
in favor of the least developed countries" he 
said. 

But Poland is ready to help co-operate with 
the LDCs in other ways, he said, citing as 
examples his country’s willingness to con- 
clude long-term import contracts to help 
stabilize prices, and assistance with research 
and training. 

Meanwhile, conference sources said that 
delegates have still not got down to serious 
negotiations on a comprehensive aid prog- 
ram, put forward by the Group of 77 develop- 

Farming experts talks 
open in Dacca today 

DACCA. Sept. 7 (AFP) — Experts from 
seven South Asian nations will meet, here 
Tuesday to explore and identify areas for reg- 
ional agricultural cooperation in the first such 
meeting since the South Asian foreign sec- 
retaries conference in Colombo in April. 

The study group on agriculture was one of 
five such groups set up by the Colombo meet- 
ing on the initiative of the late Bangladesh 
President Ziaur Rahman, slain in an abortive 
coup in May. 

The setting up of the groups was seen as an 
initial step toward forming a South Asian 
forum for cooperation. Officials here sajd 
there was great scope for agricultural cooper- 
ation among seven Asian states — Banglad- 
esh, India, Pakistan. Nepal. Sri Lanfia, Bhu- 
tan and Maldives — what was important was 
to find the mechanisms for such cooperation. 


ing countries calling for a 400 percent 
increase in aid to the LDCs by 1990 or a total 
of $240 billion 

Conference sources said that the Group of 
77 was waiting for a response from the 10 
countries in the European Economic Com- 
munity (EEC)to the demand that aid-giving 
countries allocate 0.1S percent of their gross 
national product to the LDCs by 1985 so that 
the meat of tbe negotiations could start. 

The EEC, which has already submitted 
some of their responses to the Group of 77 
proposals, was expected to -hand in their reply 
to tite suggested target figures Sunday night, 
the sources said. 

But the EEC countries have asked that 
their target response be submitted Tuesday, 
the. sources said. They said tbat Britain's 
reluctance to accept such target was among 
the main reasons for tbe delay. 

Earlier Monday3elghun joined a handful 
of countries, including France, the Nether- 
lands and* Denmark, in promising to try to 
meet the 0.15 percent target as quickly as 
possible. 

But with 0.14 percent of Belgium’s GNP 
already going to aid for tbe poorest countries, 
“it would be difficult for us to undertake to do 
more in the short-term,” said Daniel Coens, 
Belgian co-operation and development 
minister. 

Also Monday, the World Bank argued that 
developing countries should step up aid to the 
poorest countries out of self-interest. “It is in 
every nation’s interest that their (the 
LDCS)raost critical capital requirements be 
met," said Munir Benjenk, vice-president of 
the bank’s external relations. 

“As the substantial potential of the 
developing countries is realized, the 
developed nations will benefit as well," 
Munir added. 

He said that a real increase of about five 
percent a year in aid was needed to prevent a 
decline in per capita income in tbe recipient 
countries. 

“Even taking into account the resource 
constraints in a number of donor countries 
who are limited their assistance programs in 
response to their own economic defficulties, 
these increases should not be out of reach,” 
be said. “As a percentage of GDP(gross 
domestic product), the increases required 
are modest,” be added. 


Dollar records fresh gains 


By J-H. Hammond 

JEDDAH, Sept. 7 — Riyal deposit rates 
were relatively stable on Monday and deal- 
ers said that this followed European uncer- 
tainties oven dollar interest rates. The New 
York Monday holiday also added to tins 
uncertainty with few institutions willing to 
gamble on where dollar interest rates might 
be on Tuesday. Given this cautious mood. 
Eurodollar deposit rates eased somewhat 
by between 1/16 to ft percent in the short- 
date tenors, taking one-month rates to 18 
— 18 Yb at the highest bid rates. 

The American currency rose in value on 
the exchange markets, however, on news of 
the Polish deadlock between Solidarity and 
the Polish government. This also tended to 
drive gold prices up to $438 levels. 

The largest fall on the European 
exchange markets was experienced by the 
French franc which dropped back to 5.81 80 
levels Monday compared to 5.7800 levels 
Friday. The Swiss franc also lost some 
ground to 2.1060-levels from 2.0900 clos- 
ings in New York on Friday. The Swiss cur- 
rency seems to be buoyed up at the moment 
by the one percent rise in the Swiss discount 
fate which has tended to firm Swiss interest 
rates. One-month Euro-Swiss francs are 
quoted at 8 ft — 19 percent compared with 
7. ft — 8 percent a few weeks ago. 

In other Euro-currency hews. The British 
pound continued to weaken from 1.8350 
levels to 1.8220 Monday. The variation, 
however, was not a dramatic as had been in 
some past movements in sterling when a 
movement of 3-4 cents was seen in one 


trading day. The German mark also slipped 
back to 2.4320 levels Monday, compared to 
2.4100 levels Friday. As for the yen, the 
Japanese currency lost more than 100 
points against the dollar to be traded at 
231.00 levels in London. 

The local exchange market reflected the 
dollars exchange rises in Europe. Spot 
riyal/dollar rates were quoted at 3.42 08-15 
on opening, but some moderate demand for 
the dollar out of Bahrain pushed up the rate 
to 3.42 1 2-1 7 and higher by end of the day. 
Local dealers also reported a rise in demand 
for dollars from the commercial sector after 
a quieter weekend. BahrainL-basSd brokers 
were quick to point out thought that tbe size 
of the deals were not very large and was 
“just right” for a day when the dollar 
showed itself stronger on the European 
exchange markets. This would probably 
indicate some reservations on behalf of 
banks in taking large dollar positions. 

On the deposit markets, the riyal 
remained relatively unmoved for most of 
the day, but some sharp drops in rates were 
reported for the very short-dated funds, 
indicating some liquidity injections into the 
system. One- week riyal rates, which had 
been averaging at 14-15 percent, and lately 
at 13 ft — 14 ft percenr, dropped further 
to 13 — 13 ft percent levels by dose of 
business. One-month J1BOR rates 
remained at 15 ft — 16 percent and the 
one-year tenor closed at 16 ft — 16 % 
percent, indicating a definite shift toward 
long-term deposit dealing, especially from 
the lenders viewpoint. 


Guthrie falls into Malaysian hands 


LONDON, Sept, 7 (AFP) — In a 540 
miflion -dollar take-over bid, Malaysia Mon- 
day succeeded in getting majority control of 
Britain’s Guthrie Corporation and then 
moved to buy out the rest. 

Guthrie Corporation has large interests in 
rubber and oilseed plantations in Southeast 
Asia, including Malaysia itself. 

A unit trust (mutual fund) controlled by 
the Malaysian government succeeded in 
“raiding” the London stock exchange for 
Guthrie shares, sending the company’s share 
prices up one-third. 

The unit trust, Peimodalan Nasional 
Berhad, a first raised its holding in Guthrie 
from 24.88 to about 30 percent, by acquiring 
blocks of shares for $25 million. As theTiay s 
trading progressed, it amassed 25-52 percent, 
bringing its total holdings to 50.41 percent. 

Under British law, it was then obliged to 

London stock market 

LbNDON, Sept, 7 — Share prices 
extended Friday’s foils to end generally lower 
in quiet trading, dealers said. At 1500 hours, 
the forward trading index was down 8.1 at 
546.8. 

Guthre was a firm feature, rising to clpse at 
900/0 after Friday’s close of 662p, following 
the bid by Malaysian government .equity 
group Pennodalan Nsional. Industrial lead- 
ers closed lower by between 2p and 8p as in 
Blue Circle, Glaxo, Grand Met, ICI and 
Hpwker Siddeley. 

Electricals were weak with foils of lip 
apiece in Plessey and Orne, while Ferranti 
was 15p lower. Battery Well make Berec 
ended with a 26p gain at 120 after rejection 
of Hanson Trust's £7 .million, offer. Glab- 
bioker Pflkmgton slipped a further lOp at 
316p. 

Oils closed with gains of 2p apiece. Bowa- 
ter recovered from early weakness prompted 
by fears of a rights issue. Government bonds 
eased by up to % point at the longer end in 
response to lower sterling and cautions ahead 
of Tuesday’s banking statistics, dealers said. 


make an offer for the remaining shares. 
These rules go into effect after the company 
gains more than 30 percent of the capital of 
its target. 

The fund’s brokers offered 901 pence per 
share or 219 pence above Friday’s closing 
rate. The price during trading Tuesday went 
as high as 912 pence before foiling to 850 
pence. 

Guthrie’s managing-director Ian Coates 
said earlier Tue<uday that any bid by the 
Malaysians would be fought. “The barricades 
are going up here,” he said. 

The Malaysian government uses Permoda- 
lan Nasional Berhad to increase its industrial 
holdings. The unit trust is still offering 901 
pence for any remaining shares. 

But the N.M. Rothschild Bank, represent- 
ing the Malaysian unit trust, has given notice 
tbat the price of 901 pence, paid in cash, win 
not be raised. Its operations today cost a total 
of $133 million. 

W. German output 
rises by 0.9% 

BONN. Sept. 7 (AFP) — West German 
industrial output rose 0.9 percent in July fol- 
lowing a June drop of 3.6 percent, the 
'economy ministry reported; 

Giving unadjusted figures, it said mining 
and energy showed an increase in July, but. 
manufacturing and building were both 
unchanged. 

The 12-rOonth total to the end of July was 
two percent down on theprevious 1 2 months, 
the 'ministry said. 

Meanwhile, the IJF.O. Institute reported 
that factories operated in June at 78.89 per- 
cent of capacity against 79.6 percent in 
March and 79.9 percent in December. 


France accelerates march toward socialism 


PARIS, Sept. 7 (AFP) — The national 
assembly (parliament) wifl meet in a special 
session Tuesday to debate a series of crucial 
reforms proposed by ihe new Socialist gov- 
ernment as part of its “grand design” to 
tackle inflation and unemployment and 
improve living conditions. 

The 491 deputies (MPs) will meet one 
month earlier than usual owing to the heavy 
agenda on a whole range of subjects. This 
special session might continue until Friday, 
Oct. 2, when thcmormal winter session starts. 

Ministers have been busy throughout the 
holiday month of August on a series of draft 
bills, one of tbe most important of which con- 
cerns decentralization. 

Tbe aim . of Interior Minister Gaston 
Deferre, who is piloting this measure through 
parliament, is the effective end of more than 
three centuries of French centralization 
begun by Louis XIV and entrenched by 
Napoleon 200 years later. 

Part of the decentralization bill was 
approved at a special short-term session in 
July, and the government is hoping to have it 
completed by Sept. 15. But it has already 


caused stormy controversy among opposition 
members who calaim that decentralization 
will harm the unity of France. 

One of the bitterest and most voluable 
opponents is former Gaullist Premier Michel 
Debre, an architect of the 1958 constitution 
of the present Fifth Republic. Meanwhile, tbe 
government has scheduled nine other bills for 
delate in the second half of this month. 

Among proposed measures is abolition of 
the death penalty and an end to tbe gjllotme 
for the first time since it was introduced dur- 
ing the French revolution. President Francois 
Mitterrand, a lifetime opponent of the death 
penalty, has already reprieved several mur- 
derers on death row. 

Recent public opinion polls show that over 
half tbeFrench want to retain the retain the 
death penalty, but ns abolition is a foregone 
conclusion as Mitterrand has an overwhelm- 
ing majority in the national assembly. 

The government also envisages a new 
status for foreign immigrant workers. France 
currently counts an estimated four million of 
them, with their families, mainly from north 
Africa, Portugal, Spain and Italy. 


In recent weeks.about 300,000 immigrant 
in France without legal labor or residence 
permits have been told they will be issued 
these documents shortly. Another fierce- 
debate is expected over the issue of “free 
radios”, to independent radio stations. They 
were totally banned by former center-right 
gove rnm ents on tbe grounds tbat the state 
monopoly on radio and television communi- 
cations must not be infringed. 

When the OcL 2 session begins, the 
deputies — over 120 of them are teachers or 
professors — will have to debate one of the 
•thorniest subjects which has even split the 
leftist parliamentary majority: the energy 
policy. There have been bitter quarrels bet- 
ween- the pro-and anti-nuclear sides over 
whether France’s future power needs will be 
provided by nuclear reactor and anti-nuclear 
protests have continued throughout the 
summer holiday period. 

One jrf tbe most emotive debates is 
expected over the nationalization bill. The 
rightist opposition, backed by the powerful 
“Patronat” (Association of employers) had 
already launched strong attacks against this 
bOL 


Foreign Exchange Rates 

Quoted at SM PM. Monday 


B ahraini Dinar 
Bangladeshi Taka 
Belgian Franc (1 ,000) 
Canadian Dollar 
Deotche Mark (100) 
Dutch Guilder (100) 
Egyptian Pound 
Emirates Dirham (100) 
French Franc (100) 
Greek Drachma (1,000) 
Incfian Rupee (100) 
Iraniim Riyal (100) 

Iraqi Knar 
Italian Lira (10,000) 
Japanese Yen (1,000) 
Jordanian Dinar 
Kuwaiti Dinar 
Lebanese Lira (100) 
Moroccan Dnmuo (100) 
Pakistani Rupee (100) 
Philippines Peso (100) 
Pound Sterling 
Qatari Riyal (100) 
Singapore Dollar (100) 
Spanish Peseta (1. 000) 
Swiss Franc (100) 

Syrian Lira (100) 
Turkish Lira (1.000) 
U*. Dollar 
Yemeni Riyal (100) 


SAMA 


— 9.08 


2.85 

139.00 


58.00 


28.00 

14.80 


6.26 


158.00 


3.42 


141.15 

127.10 

4.16 

92.75 

59.00 

38.00 


28J30 

8 

10.15 
12J0 
73-00 
57 .00 


6.27 

93.25 

35.10 

162J0 

57.00 

3.43 

74.75 


SdBng Price 
48,150.00 

5.650.00 

1.525.00 


Transfer 

9.06 

14.40 

286.00 

141.00 

127.00 
3.85 

93.20 
58*5 

57.20 
39.05 


28.20 

14.85 

10.09 
12.06 
72JS5 

61.10 
34.65 
43.45 
6330 

94.00 
158.00 

35.05 

162.1S 

6335 

3.425 

74.90 

Price 

50.00 
5.550.00 
1,465-00 


Gold kg. 

10 Tolas bar 
Ounce 


The above cash and transfer rate are 
supplied by Al-R^jhi Company for Currency 
Exchange and Commerce, Gabel SL, Tel : 
6420932. Jeddah. 


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Not AH Roads Load to Romo 

East dealer. say declarer ducks 0ml 

Neither side vulnerable. jack of <H«nqt{ d» jflwf | 

NORTH 

♦107 

S?K J962 - flnttaea the 

OA86 cashes t he .Ift if jB 

*i 9 2 spade in dimnnyi Next ca 

unpcn* „ AC _ a low heart to the right,*] 

WEST EACT by West with the see. 

♦95432 ♦KJS West b new farced to ret 

OA SI 4 * a dub. When be leads the fl 

OJ3 OKQ109 5 dedareai days the dneft 

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SOUTH 
♦A Q6 
OQ10 873 
0742 
♦ A 7 

The bidding: 

East South West North 

10 14 3«P 

Pass 4 S? 

Opening lead — jack of 
diamonds. 

Ccnsida: this deal where 
South is declarer at four 
hearts. You'd probably agree 
with East’s opening diamond 
bid and South’s heart overcall, 
but might disagree with what 
happened Cram then on. ' 

Tins, many players would 
rather pass than bid one spade 
with the West hand. Also, most 
players would bid only two 
hearts rather than three 
hearts with the North hand. 
Ami finally, most players 
would bid three spades with 
the East hand rather than 
pass North’s three heart bid. 
But skipping all that, let’s 


say declarer ducks HfewS 
jack of 

wins the next dMg jfeW 

finesses the qppf «fMMr 
cashes the i^ wia ruffs T 
spade in dunanyi next cona 
a low heart to the eight, take 
by West with the ace. 

West b now forced to retur 
a dub. When be leads the ffoi 
dedareriplays the idncfm 
d u m my and captures East 
king wttatfc ace. South the 
cashes its queen of trim? 
and leaos a dub towar 
dummy’s iJ-2. West -goes o 
with the (iieen, but the battl 
is over aw dedarer make 
four hearti'Se parks his clii 
mond losenon dummy's jac 
of dubs. V 
A good wqrtmiariUke job t 
declarer, you might s$ 
especially ws dedsion \ 
tackle spades &t trick three ii 
stead of teadtsgtEnmpu&s 
It^ was this fiudAted plan th 
eventually f>iroM West to lea 
a dub at trick seven as-- 
enabled South tb rescue h 
diamond loser. - l . . u 

However, if you affidyw itt 
situation xnore toosdfj 
find that Wert W btv 
defeated the contrt^ Afl .^ 
had to do was 
of chibs, instead 
trick seven: There 
declarer can do to qwwP 
this extra or dinar^j® 
assuming best . dufuiMW 
South must go down t 


Qb^ s — -Believe It or: 


Your Individual 
Horoscope 




==' Frames Prato 

FOR TUESDAY, 
What kind of day win tooMn^ 
row be? To find out what the 
stars say t read tile forecast 
• given for your birth Sign. 


ARIES ey 9 j-& 

(Mar. 21 to Apr. 19) 

Obstacles only stannlate 
your determination to get 
ahead. Still, you most be wary 
ahmit pushiDg past the safety 
zone in career matters. 
TAURUS 
(Apr. 20 to May 20) 

Work requirements in- 
terfere with your need tor 
cultural diversion. Don't be 
satisfied with a job half done. 


SEPTEMBER 8,1981 

You mustn't slacken your ef- 
forts. 

GEMINI n^- 

(May 21 to June 20) 
Children’s bills may 
escalate. Sex and love need 
not conflict Think positively. 
A kfll-joy attitude works 
agai nst yo u. 

CANCER 
(June 21 to July 22) 

Domestic responsibilities 
may da mpe n feelings of 
closeness to another. You 
must learn to take the good 
with the bad m relationships. 

(July 23 to Aug. 22) J2£tftr£ 
You need a more positive at- 


titude towards routine tasks. 
Don’t give up when the going 
gets tough. Avoid a tendency 
to escapism. 

VIRGO lip 

(Aug. 23 to Sept 22) 

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NATO raps Moscow violation 


BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept 7 (AP) — The 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization accused 
the Soviet Union Monday of violating the 
spirit of East- West peace accords by not 
reporting officially the number of troops tak- 
ing pan in current military maneuvers. 

A NATO spokesman said permanent rep- 
resentatives of the 15-member nations dis- 
cussed the maneuvers Monday and con- 
cluded, “the failure of the Soviet Union to 
provide the number of participating forces 
raises serious concern.” 


The official Soviet news agency Tass has 
said more than 100,000 troops have been 
taking part in sea, air and land exercises in 
and off the coasts of the Soviet Baltic states 
and in Byelorussia, a Soviet Republic. In a 
rare official comment, the NATO spokesman 
said the Soviet Union notified Western coun- 
tries of the maneuvers in advance, on Aug. 
14, but didn’t say how many troops were 
involved. 


Thirty-five countries, including the Soviet 


S. African attack continues 


LUANDA, Sept, 7 (AFP) — The two- 
week old South African invasion of souther 
Angola, with its deadly air and ground 
attacks on civilian and military targets, is 
apparently continuing despite Pretoria’s 
denials. 

A group of 24 foreign journalists invited by 
the Angolan government to visit the war zone 
in the south verified over the weekend that 
South African planes control Angola's airs- 
pace and are still bombing civilian and milit- 
ary objectives up to 200 fans into Angola 
from the Nambian border. 

The South Africans still occupy six towns, 
the Angolans say. They are the Cunene pro- 
vincial capital of Ondjiva, 40 kms from the 
border, Xangogo, Cuamato, Mongua, 
Hum be and Mupa, the most northerly of the 
towns. Some 11,000 South African troops are 
still inside Angola, official here say. 

The Angolan Army reports it has shot 
down 10 South African planes and two 
helicopters since the South African attacks 
began on Aug 23. The foreign journalists did 


not see any debris during their trip south or 
any fighting as they periodically leapt for 
cover from their military jeeps as South Afri- 
can planes patrolled overhead and dropped 
bombs and fired rockets in the distance and 
sometimes nearby. 


The press party saw no sign that Cuban or 
Soviet military advisers were engaged in 
combat with the South Africans. Many 
Cubans and Russians were in evidene in 
Lubango, especially at the air base where 
several MIG-2 Is and MiG-1 7s were parked. 
The Cubans pilot them, according to a 
civilian source, but they have apparently not 
taken on any South African planes so for. 


According to the Angolans, on Sept, 1 
South Africa violated Angolan airspace 36 
times. 21 times the following day, 15 times on 
Sept. 3 and 14 times on Sept, 4. Cahama was 
also reportedly bombed again on Sept, 2 and 
3 despite the fact that its military targets — 
two radar stations — were destroyed on the 
first day of the invasion. 


Union, signed an agreement in Helsinki in 
.1975 to give formal notification to any troop 
maneuvers involving more than 25,000 open. 
Since then, The Soviet Union has usually sup- 
plied the exact number of troops participat- 
ing, the NATO spokesman said. This time, 
the Soviet Union didn't say, the spokesman 
reported. 

“The publication by the Tass agency of a 
figure of 100.000 participating is not to be 
considered formal notification the spokes- 
man said. “In fact, the magnitude and general 
location as specified by Tass give rise to 
legitimate questions.” 

He also said NATO nations were con- 
cerned that no Western observers have been 
invited to the maneuvers as they have been in 
previous years. Belgium, West Germany and 
the United States have made similar protests 
in recent days but Monday’s remarks were 
the first responses frorn the alliance -as a 
whole. 

“Allied nations have inquired about the 
omission of this information in this case, but 
have received no true figure or explanation 
from the Soviet Union,” the spokesman said. 
Asked if NATO believed the Soviet Union 
had violated the letter, as well as the spirit of 
the Helsinki accords, the spokesman said, “it 
is now almost impossible to tell since the 
Soviet Union developed the maneuvers in 
secret and has invited no observers. 

“But all indications, including the Tass 
statements would lead in that direction.” He 
said notification has been given to the Soviet 
Union of all allied exercises this autumn, 
including those involving fewer than 25,000 
troops. In addition, Soviet observers have 
been invited to three allied exercises. 


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Senegambia 
by January , 


Diouf says 


DAKAR, Senegal, Sept. 7 (AP) — 
Senegalese President Abdou Diouf, 
celebrating his 46th birthday Monday in 
the west African nation he has ruled for 
eight months, said his country will be 
united with tiny Gambia by January 1 982. 
In a weekend interview with the Associ- 
ated Press, Diouf said the proposed con- 
federated “Senegambia” would be a 
long-term economic gain for both coun- 
tries. 

“I think that in the short term 
Senegambia will impose sacrifices on the 
Senegalese,” Diouf said in his presidential 
palace overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 
“But in the mid and long term it will 
benefit Gambia and Senegal.” 

Senegal, a former French colony, is a 
nation of 5.8 million on the bnlge of West, 
Africa. Gambia, a former British colony 
with a'population of only 600,000, is a 
narrow strip of territory about 16 fans 
wide that extends 320 kms into the 
Senegalese interior. 

The two nations have long talked about 
union but it was not until Senegal sent 1 00 
troops to crush a rebellion thatGambian 
President Sir Jawada Jawara came out 
publicly for a confederation. Diouf said 
negotiations were progressing to establish 
the federation. 

Diouf said the construction of a bridge 
across the Gambia River which runs on 
either side of Gambia, would be a priority 
for the new confederation. 


Solidarity draft seeks 
boycott of parliament 


GDANSK, Poland, Sept. 7(R) — A draft 
resolution calling for a possible boycott of the 
Polish parliament was submitted to the 
national congress of the Solidarity free trade 
union here Monday, while in Warsaw, 
authorities accused Solidarity of turning 
political and seeking power. 

The congress resolution urged the parlia- 
ment, or Sejm, Dot to adopt a Communist 
version of laws on worker self-management 
until a national referendum about the issue 
had been held. It threatened to boycott the 
Sejm if the laws went through - unscathed. 

The boycott would amount to a call for new 
elections to the 450-member assembly, a 
union_ official explained. Worker self- 

management has become a major issue in 
Poland, with the Communist authorities 
insisting that they must retain the final say in 
key executive appointments. 

Solidarity has challenged this right and its 
branch at the country’s biggest steel mill in 
Katowice went ahead Monday with a worker 


vote on a proposal to sack the plant’s general 
manager. For its part the government pub- 
lished a lengthy policy document accusing 
Solidarity reneging on its pledges not to play 
politics. And the daily Zclnierz Wolnosci said 
the union was seeking to seize power. 

The word “boycott” as used in the congress 
resolution on the Sejm was not explained in 
the motion. Bui Solidarity officials said that 
the union would call on its 9 J million mem- 
bers to refuse to recognize Sejm as a legisla- 
tive assembly. The present Sejm was elected 
before the August 1980 revolution and there 
have been repeated calls for new elections 
with more democratic procedures in keeping 
with the liberal reform movement. 

The Solidarity congress was expected to 
make a formal demand for a new election law 
during the second half of its session later this 
month. The draft resolution called on parlia- 
ment to block two bills on worker self- 
management and on the running of state 
enteiprises. 


42 Polish prisoners recaptured 


WARSAW, SepL 7 (AFP) — Forty-two of 
the-154 prisoners who escaped from jail in 
Bydgoszcz Saturday night have been recap- 
tured or have surrendered but several 
allegedly dangerous convicts are still at large, 
PAP news agency reported Monday. 


Negotiations between government officials 
and inmates over prisoners demands for bet- 
ter conditions continued Monday with local 
Solidarity union officials, at the inmates' 
request, acting as mediators, the agency said. 


The remaining prisoners barricated them- 
selves inside the jail Sunday following the 
spectacular escape. 

The mutiny was sparked by the shooting of 
17-year-old inmate who was trying to scale a 
prison wall. Jacek Cieslinskf s condition was 
described as “serious” Modnay following 
lung and spinal surgery, but he was expected 
to live. The 112 prisoners still unaccounted 
for included a man accused of killing his par- 
ents and two others charged with attempted 
murder, the agency said. 




From page one. 


A. No two economists will disagree that 
the charges levelled by some of these states 
on Saudi Arabia that it is the cause of the oO 
glut or increased storage of oil, is a matter 
that would at least prompt negligence if not 
mockery. 

Everyone knows that th*e cause of oil glut 
on world market is the inflated ofl price and 
low demand, and the present stock had taken 
place in periods when the average output of 
■those states was at the highest capacity. At 
that time, Saudi Arabia was producing much 
less than its present production. 

Q. But those states advance an argument 
that Saadi Arabia’s high output at a low price 
cange them harm. They say that this situation 
creates dffficulty in marketing their ofl, con- 
sequently their output declines and their 
revenues suffer a foil? 

A. This is true, but Saudi Arabia only 
implements OPECs resolutions. The resolu- 
tion of Bali conference last year had envis- 
aged that the official price of marker crude be 
fixed at $32 per barrel, so Saudi Arabia abid- 
ded by this resolution. But other OPEC coun- 
tries exercised a franchise from the organiza- 
tion in increasing their price to a specific ced- 
ing. Most of them raised the price which ulti- 
mately touched the ceiling. 

The responsibility for such a situation falls 
on the country which did so, but Saudi Arabia 
adheres to OPECs resolutions, as we also did 
earlier. 

Those countries should, therefore, go back 
once again to the price determined by OPEC, 
and then their output shall increase. 

Q. There is yet another charge from some 
OPEC countries, which perhaps has its roots 
in political considerations. They say that 
America has played a role in convincing Saadi 
Arabia to raise output at low prices? 

A. If they had really wanted to do j ustice 
and tried to study the oil facts, they would not 
have said so. But, since they use a political, 
and not economic, language, it would be 
worthwhile for us to keep quiet. 

The language of politics might cause 
injury, which we do not want to do. 

Q. Yon have just given the political back- 
ground on the basis of which some countries 
have evaluated the questions of prices and 
output. Aren’t there any political back- 
grounds you take into conskleratioa while 
mapping the strategy of oil prices and output? 

A. The oil strategy framed by a commit- 
tee representing OPEC cannot have a politi- 
cal basis, bacause those countries forming the 
committee represent political trends which 
may not necessarily be identical. 

The committee members are Iran, Iraq, 


Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Ven- 
ezuela. The committee’s task is, therefore, of 
a purely economic nature. 

Q. As for as Saudi Arabia is concerned, 
do yon take politics into consideration while 
deciding oil prices and output? 

A. If you are speaking about the past, 
surely a number of factors were considered, 
including some political factors. But our 
desire has always been to protect world 
economy and to uphold the interests of the 
developing nations. 

03 was used as a political weapon in 
attracting the attention of the Western public 
opinion toward the Palestine issue. It took 
different forms and we achieved a good 
measures of success in its usage as a political 
weapon. 

Q. And at present? 

A. We believe that our resolutions. are 
taken on purely economic basis, without any 
political considerations. 

Q. Do yon mean to ride out the possibility 
of using oO as a weapon? 

A, With the availability of a huge ofl glut 
at present, any talk about the use of ofl as a 
weapon will be unrealistic, but oil as a politi- 
cal force is still very much in existence. 

03 as a political weapon w31 return once 
again when a balance is created in supply and 
demand. 

If the Arab people discover the danger of 
raising oil price to their cause, they will 
demand their governments to reduce it so 
that the o3 weapon retains its strength. 

Q. Is it then true that Saudi Arabia’s high 
output, which may be one of the factors of an 
oO glut, is eliminating any possibility of using 
ofl as a weapon ? 

A. The increase in output is. in fact, meant 
to shorten the period for ofl to become a 
weapon. 

Q. How ? 

A. Because the cause of this weapon’s 
weakness is the glut, which itself is caused by 
a price hike. The price hike consequently led 
to huge investments in alternative resources 
as well as to _ reduced consumption. If, by 
reducing prices, we can minimize the rush in 
such investments, we can also restore the 
weight of oil. 



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Editor-bi-Cfakf Muhammad Marouf Al ShibanL The minister disclosed 



And because we cannot control the prices 
except through a resolution or production. 
Again, if we succeed in raising the output in a 
maimer in which we can exercise pressure on 
the level of prices to stop their increase, we 
then create the situation which now exists 
with the major industrialized states .which 
have begun reconsidering investments in 
energy alternatives. 


As a result of Saudi Arabia's policy on ofl 
output and p ricing, many of th e major com- 
panies of the world have taken hesitant steps 


official OPEC oil prices. 

in enhancing their investments in energy 
alternatives and reducing consumption. This 
situation serves the Arab cause as it will 
restore oil its weight and power. 

Q. According to you, Saudi Arabia was 
ready to raise the price of its ofl from $32 to 
$34 during the recent OPEC conference in 
Geneva, as a compromise solution 'with the 
rest of the extremists. Do you still hold ***** 
intention, or have you given up the idea after 
the fiasco of OPEC’s recent meeting? 

A. Asa matter of fact, no scope exists for 
that in ten tin. Regrettably, the conference 
foiled, and now the average ofl prices in the 
market began to foil below $34. The average 
price in world markets is presently a little less 
than $33. 

What we had feared, and we still do, is that 
the price might drop lower than $32. 

Q. Does this mean that you do not have 
any intention to raise the ofl price from now 
until OPEC’s regular meeting hi Abu Dhabi 
next December? 

A. Absolutely no. Saudi Arabia believes 
that $32 per barrel is already a high price and 
is detrimental to its interests, but it maintains 


“shocking tactics” followed by some ofl producers to flout the 


because of its commitment to 


this price 
‘OPEC. 

Out of its keen desire to unify the prices 
with others, to uphold OPECs unity and to 
respond to the wishes of others, the Kingdom 
had agreed in the past to raise its price to $34. 
But, others did not agree to this. The 34 
mark, which could not be agreed upon, will 
be difficult to attain in the forme. 


The fact is -that we had not accepted the 
$34 per barrel', but it had been imposed on us. 
We did not agree to it for any reason other 
than that it was the prevailent average market 
price at the time we went to the conference. 
This means that, if we had accepted the $34 
price, we would not have increased or 
decreased the price of ofl but would have 
fixed it at the average of the ofl markets. 

Q. Wbai are the factors that led the aver- 
age oil prices on world markets to decline 
Gram $34 during OPEC’s Geneva meeting to 
nearly $32 at present, aE within a brief period 
of not more than three weeks? 

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prices started giving big reductions either 
overtly or covertly. They use various means; 
for example, they approach a company which 
has an oil re finely and, instead of selling it 
crude at a high price, they sell it oil products 
processed at the refinery of that company. 
These products are sold at a very low price, 
reflecting the crude's low price. 

For the buying company, the matter is just 
playing with the crude price. It can avoid 
buying the crude and, instead, buy the pro- 
ducts (which it needs) at a low price. 

Another trick is by bartering which was 
recently offered to Japan, India and some 
other countries. The idea behind this is to seD - 
the ofl at the official high price and to pur- 
chase commodities at a very high price. 

Thus, the country which sells the commod- 
ity and buys ofl actually pays for the ofl much 
less than the official price. 

The third method is to extend the period of 
payment. Instead of paying for oil within 15 


or 30 days, the period is extended to three or 
six months. - 

This means, if we calculate the interests 
over the payable amount, a reduction in the 
price of oil sold. 

A very recent method is to give companies 
enjoying concessions a reduction in tax and 
royalties. Consequently they get an addi- 
tional profit which represents a reduction in 
the oil price. 

Q. Is this what happened in Nigeria? 

A. It could happen in Nigeria, as we 
understood. It has already happened in 
adotber country of North Africa. 

Q- So you don’t expect the extremist 
countries to effect a reduction in their oO at 
present, but some of them wfll pursue these 
methods which indirectly bring an actual 
re du cti on in the price without having to malm 
an official announcement? 

Eve ft with undercover methods the 
economic result will be as that of the official 
price. 

<2. Yoor Excellency, do you intend to con- 
tinue the one minion barrel cut in output after 
September? 


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A. For the moment, we do not intend 
anything. We will just watch market 
developments and act in a manner that 
safeguards the interests of OPEC and also 
provides protection to Saudi Arabian inter- 
ests. 

Q. From your point of view, under which 
Inte rnational circumstances Saudi Arabia 
would feePobKged to increase the price of its 
oil? 

A. Within the next few years, there 
seems to be no factors of any kind allowing a 
hike in the oil price. Such an action would be 
suicidal and a sacrifice of the red interests of 
our nation and we shall have to pay a costly 
price in the future for it. 

Q. Can there be any international circums- 
tances compelling Saudi Arabia to cut down 
its output ? 

A. The decision to reduce production 
should be either to protect the interests of 
OPEC and the Kingdom’s or by market fac- 
tors. 

The factors of the market will be applicable 
if OPEC ifhifies the price, or if other OPEC 
countries reduce their prices to levels lower 
than $32, or even up to $32, which means, a 
de facto price is maintained and not just on 
die. basis of a resolution. 

Q. Is the Kingdom making efforts to 
develop energy alternatives ? Or will such a 
step be incompatible with Saudi Arabia’s 
keenness to reduce Western investments in 
this Odd, in order to open the door for the 
.marketing of its ofl ? 

A. We have no interest to participate in 
chat field at present A talk on this subject 
was hleasant three years ago. But today we 
want to develop our ofl market. 

Q. Why did this view change within a 
period of only three years ? 

A. Just a couple of years ago, OPEC 's - 
share in world markets was 3 1 milli on barrels 
per day. Under market pressure, Saudi 
Arabia was compelled to increase its output 
to the extent of depleting its oil reserves and 
against the wishes of the Kingdom. 

Now, the demand has dropped. The share 
of OPEC too has thinned and will so continue 
for some time. 

If the ofl price is unified, Saudi Arabia's 
output will fall down to much less than g V 2 
million barrels per day which might lead to a 
weak financial position. Therefore, we look 
forward to the development of the oil market 
so that the output, along with that of the rest 
of OPEC states* reaches a level .that meets 
our needs and fulfills the financial require- 
ments. For this -the views differed. 

Q. What do you expect from OPEC to 
achieve during its meeting in Aba Dhabi in 
December? 

A. There is relatively a long period bet- 
ween now and December. The events of oil 
markets create a surprise in many member 
states. It is difficult to predict what would 
take place at the December meeting. 



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